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Hospital Acquired Sepsis Worse than Community Acquired Sepsis: Line Sepsis in Focus

lukej March 29, 2024 No Comments

“Hospitals seeking to improve sepsis outcomes have developed different strategies for improving sepsis recognition and care in both the Emergency Department and inpatient settings,”states Dr. David Page, MD. University Alabama-Birmingham.…

PICC Line and Central Venous Catheters: Candida Auris, an Urgent Established Threat

lukej March 28, 2024 No Comments

“The emerging multidrug-resistant fungal pathogen Candida auris has been labeled as an urgent threat by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). In addition, the World Health Organization…

Wake Forest Baptist Health Urogynecologist: “Transobturator slings are done”

lukej March 28, 2024 No Comments

Trial data published in New England Journal of Medicine show that mini-slings don’t reduce risk of groin pain when compared with full-length mid-urethral slings “I think TOT (transobturator slings) is…

Decubitus Ulcer Related Osteomyelitis: “A Neglected Disease”

lukej March 27, 2024 No Comments

“Stage IV pressure ulcers most commonly affect the tissue overlying the sacrum, ischial bones, and femoral heads, and therefore pressure ulcer-related osteomyelitis is typically found in these locations … The…

Spinal Epidural Abscess: Delaying Decompression Up to 72 hours Negates its Benefits for Recovery

lukej March 27, 2024 No Comments

“Our study aims to investigate the benefits of striving for an available emergency operating room versus waiting for a scheduled elective surgery. We found that patients outside the 24-hour time…

DuraSeal: Increased Complication Rates in Chiari Malformation Surgery

lukej March 26, 2024 No Comments

“At the authors’ single center, use of sealants in posterior fossa decompression with duraplasty (PFDD) surgery for Chiari malformation type 1(CMI), especially DuraSeal, was correlated with a higher complication rate.…

Post-sepsis Syndrome: Consistent Pattern of Functional Disabilities

lukej March 25, 2024 No Comments

“Post-sepsis syndrome … is marked by a significantly increased risk of death and a poor health-related quality of life associated with a constellation of long-term effects that persist following the…

Leading Cause of Healthcare-associated Infections in Children with Cancer: Central Lines

lukej March 24, 2024 No Comments

“Clearly, children with cancer are at disproportional risk of line related sepsis and they should receive the super hydrophilic PICC lines and other central lines which substantially reduces the risk of…

Stroke Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Twice as Many Thrombectomies

lukej March 24, 2024 No Comments

During the peak of the outbreak in Manhattan, Dr. Weinberger reported, “We’re doing twice as many interventions for large vessel thromboses than usual…” Dr. Jesse Weinberger, a stroke neurologist and…

Cerebral Palsy and Line Sepsis: Defective Polyurethane and Silicone PICC Lines

lukej March 23, 2024 No Comments

“The results of this study, based on a contemporary cohort, confirm that proven sepsis has a major impact on neurodevelopmental outcome, independent of other risk factors,” states Dr. Luregn Schlapbach,…

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