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Searching for a Connection Between Silent Myocardial Infarction and Heart Failure
In a large community-based cohort, the development of silent myocardial infarction on ECG was associated with increased risk of future heart failure.
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Lower Blood Pressure Targets May Increase Mortality in Type 2 Diabetes Patients
Type 2 diabetic patients with systolic blood pressure < 120 mmHg experienced more cardiovascular events than patients with systolic blood pressure up to 140 mmHg.
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Identifying Common Traits Regarding Inappropriate Antibiotic Prescribing
In a retrospective cohort study of outpatient visits for upper respiratory infections that should not require antibiotics, researchers found several patient, practice, and provider characteristics associated with inappropriate antimicrobial prescribing. Notably, adult patients seen by an advanced practice provider were 15% more likely to receive an antimicrobial than those seen by a physician provider.
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Non-opioid vs. Opioid Medications for Chronic Back, Knee, or Hip Pain
In this small study, non-opioid therapy (primarily acetaminophen and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs) was as effective as opioid therapy for chronic musculoskeletal pain with fewer medication-related side effects.
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APIC, SHEA: IC Critical to Antibiotic Stewardship
The nation’s leading infection control associations have reaffirmed their contention that infection preventionists and healthcare epidemiologists are critical to the success of antibiotic stewardship efforts. -
Dialysis: Overcoming Resistance and Reducing Infections
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates some 40,000 central line-associated bloodstream infections occur annually in U.S. hemodialysis patients. -
IPs Respond to CMS Legionella Directive
Primarily caused by Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1, Legionnaires' Disease outbreaks in healthcare are typically traced to the waterborne bug becoming aerosolized and inhaled in shower mist. -
CDC Detects 221 Bugs with Unusual Drug Resistance
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is using its nationwide Antibiotic Resistance Lab Network to detect these virtually untreatable bugs, which can be resistant to whole classes of drugs. -
CDC to CRE: You Cannot Pass
A national containment strategy using powerful lab detection techniques and rapid intervention with infection control measures is blunting the emergence of pan-resistant pathogens, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports. -
Clinical Briefs
In this section: treating obstructive sleep apnea; influenza and myocardial infarction; and a promising Zika treatment.