Hospital Medicine Alert – November 1, 2011
November 1, 2011
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Risk of Cardiac Events After Surgery
Perioperative cardiac events are the leading cause of surgical mortality. -
New Oral Anticoagulant for Atrial Fibrillation
This report is from the ARISTOTLE trial, which was just reported at the recent European Society of Cardiology meeting in Paris. -
Patient Outcomes After Failed Extubation
Failed extubation is more likely to occur in elderly patients with underlying chronic cardiac or pulmonary disease, and patients in whom it occurs have substantially worse clinical outcomes than those who do not require reintubation. -
Candida Chorioretinitis and Endophthalmitis
While 16% of patients with candidemia had possible or probable ocular involvement, only 6 of 370 (1.6%) developed endophthalmitis. -
Secondary Prevention of Postherpetic Neuralgia
Adding gabapentin to valacyclovir early in the treatment of acute herpes zoster may reduce the incidence of postherpetic neuralgia.