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Advisory panel: Advanced dementia patients need better access to end-of-life care

Posted on: 28/01/2015 - 14:15

Patients with advanced dementia should have increased access to comprehensive care wherever they live, including the facilities in which they spend th... More »

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

M.O.R.E. means less delirium in ICU

Posted on: 27/01/2015 - 15:21

PHOENIX – Adding a protocol of bundled nonpharmacologic interventions to the currently recommended standard of care nearly halved the amount of time... More »

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

Sofosbuvir and ribavirin critical to preventing posttransplantation HCV recurrence

Posted on: 01/01/2015 - 05:01

Sofosbuvir and ribavirin treatments should be administered to patients with hepatitis C virus who undergo liver transplantations in order to significantly decrease the risks of posttransplant HCV...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Vasopressor terlipressin helped patients with cirrhosis, shock

Posted on: 04/12/2014 - 21:34

BOSTON – Terlipressin proved noninferior to noradrenaline as a vasopressor for patients with cirrhosis and septic shock in an open-label study that randomized 84 patients. Terlipressin also seemed...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Nonoperative management okay after draining diverticular-associated abscess

Posted on: 24/11/2014 - 22:35

SAN FRANCISCO – Patients who did not undergo elective surgical resection after successful percutaneous drainage of a diverticular-associated abscess had low rates of recurrent diverticulitis in a...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Perioperative fluid levels increase ileus risk

Posted on: 24/11/2014 - 19:49

SAN FRANCISCO – Too much or too little IV fluid on the day of surgery was associated with a 10%-12% increased risk for postoperative ileus in a retrospective study of 84,722 patients undergoing colon...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Early nasoenteric feeding not beneficial in acute pancreatitis

Posted on: 18/11/2014 - 18:48

Early nasoenteric tube feeding was not superior to an oral diet introduced at 72 hours in decreasing infection or death among patients with acute pancreatitis who were at high risk for complications,...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

PPI, steroid use raises risk of CDAD recurrence

Posted on: 17/11/2014 - 14:12

AUSTIN, TEX. – Use of proton pump inhibitors and steroids was independently associated with recurrences of Clostridium difficile–associated diarrhea among patients in an intensive care unit,...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

U.S. C. difficile mortality jumped sevenfold 1999-2008

Posted on: 07/11/2014 - 18:11

VIENNA – U.S. deaths from Clostridium difficile infection jumped roughly sevenfold from 1999 to 2008, but in the ensuing years (2009-2012), remained stable at about the level first reached in...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

‘Co-rounding’ decreases patient length of stay

Posted on: 06/11/2014 - 19:14

BOSTON – When a palliative care oncologist partners with a medical oncologist on everyday rounds and in everyday practice on an inpatient floor, both patients and the clinicians who provide their...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

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