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Aspirin can be life saving in patients with acute coronary events, but its use in patients with cancer, particularly in those with thrombocytopenia, is often avoided, presumably for fear of hemorrhagic complications.
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Vancomycin was inferior to cefazolin in the treatment of MSSA bacteremia in chronic hemodialysis patients in a retrospective study.
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Delirium occurred in about one-third of patients in this study of a mixed medical-surgical ICU population. It was more frequent in more seriously ill patients, and also in those with hypertension, alcoholism, and the effects of sedative and analgesic drugs.
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A combination of topical and systemic therapies was associated with successful MRSA decolonization.
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n this study of physicians working in French adult ICUs, evidence of burnout was present in nearly half. Burnout was more likely in female physicians, in those who were not married, and among those who reported strained relationships with colleagues and staff nurses.
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As previously reported in Hospital Infection Control, investigators have concluded that the most common strain of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) developed intermediate resistance to vancomycin in a case that may be harbinger of others to come.
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The medical response to severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in the 2003 outbreak in Toronto was undermined by a "turf war" between infection control and industrial hygienists, with health care workers ultimately suffering as a result, according to the final report by the Ontario Commission to Investigate the Introduction and Spread of SARS.
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In highlighting the growing problem of drug-resistant bacteria in hemodialysis settings the Centers for Disease Control referenced its existing infection control guidelines for dialysis.
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On the heels of a similar American finding, Canadian researchers have documented the presence of potentially disease-causing strains of Clostridium difficile in retail ground meat samples from grocery stores.