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Initial Antiretroviral Regimens — New Recommendations
Four of the five recommended initial antiretroviral regimens in treatment-naïve adolescents and adults are based on integrase strand transfer inhibitors.
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Lung Ultrasound to Diagnose Pneumonia in Children
Whether based on history, tachypnea, or X-ray findings, the diagnosis of pneumonia in children is incompletely accurate. Ultrasound is a reasonable alternative tool for the diagnosis of childhood pneumonia.
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Early Benefits of HPV Vaccination
A large study of HPV vaccination among girls 13-14 years of age demonstrated significant reduction of cervical dysplasia that was detectable by 17 years of age, providing justification for not delaying HPV vaccination in girls until older adolescence.
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Early, Goal-directed Therapy of Septic Shock
ABSTRACT & COMMENTARY: Hemodynamic management did not lead to an improvement in outcome.
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Hospital Wards with Higher Rates of Antibiotic Prescribing Are Associated with Increased Risk for C. difficile Infection
A retrospective observational study found that among hospitalized patients, ward-level antibiotic prescribing was associated with a significantly increased risk for C. difficile infection beyond what would be expected with patient-level antibiotic use.
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Pneumonia in U.S. Children Requiring Hospitalization
SYNOPSIS: Two thousand six hundred thirty-eight children with a clinical diagnosis of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) were enrolled in a prospective surveillance study. Eighty-nine percent had radiographic evidence of pneumonia. The median age of children hospitalized was 2 years, with the highest rates seen in children younger than 2 years. Respiratory viruses were the most commonly detected pathogens.
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Blood Transfusion After Cardiac Surgery
Due to the cost of blood transfusions and the lack of data supporting liberal transfusion policies, newer guidelines recommend more restrictive transfusion thresholds.
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Ceftolozane/Tazobactam — Formulary Considerations
A focus on the formulary considerations of Ceftolozane/tazobactam.
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Endovascular Intracranial Clot Extraction Benefits Are Confirmed in More Clinical Trials
On April 17, 2015, the New England Journal of Medicine published the results of two randomized clinical trials of endovascular stent-retriever clot extraction for ischemic stroke, simultaneous with their presentation at the European Stroke Conference. These two studies, added to those presented and published at the International Stroke Conference in February, bring the total number of studies to five that have shown dramatic benefits of this therapy in appropriately selected patients with acute ischemic stroke.
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Severe Alcoholic Hepatitis: Prednisolone or Pentoxifylline?
ABSTRACT & COMMENTARY: A clinical trial studied short- and medium-term mortality in patients admitted to the hospital for severe alcoholic hepatitis.