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Colonization of the respiratory tract and other sites with Candida species is common in ICU patients but it is unclear how often these species cause pneumonia that warrants antifungal therapy.
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Along with yearly vaccination, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommend the use of personal protective equipment (PPE) by health care workers (HCWs) to prevent influenza infection in the ICU.
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The simultaneously obtained lead II and lead V1 rhythm strip seen above was interpreted as showing atrial fibrillation with a rapid ventricular response. Do you agree?
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The ACCORD trial has been newsworthy in the last several months primarily due to the early results of increased cardiovascular events associated with very tight glucose control.
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Everolimus is the newest oral kinase inhibitor approved for the treatment of advanced renal cell carcinoma.
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Almost one-fifth of Medicare patients who were discharged from a hospital were rehospitalized within 30 days, and about a third were rehospitalized within 90 days. Most of these readmissions were not planned.
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We don't have the slightest idea whether evidence of gallbladder dyskinesia should warrant cholecystectomy or not.
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Once-a-week rosuvastatin therapy was well tolerated in patients with a history of adverse events to one or more statins and led to significantly improved lipoprotein changes.
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