New developments in the prevention of intravascular catheter associated infections. Categories: Posted on January 31, 2012
Cardiovascular implantable electronic device associated infections. Categories: Posted on January 31, 2012
Novel approaches to the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of medical device-associated infections. Categories: Posted on January 31, 2012
The frailty dilemma. Review of the predictive accuracy of major frailty scores. Categories: Posted on January 31, 2012
An observational study on bloodstream extended-spectrum beta-lactamase infection in critical care unit: Incidence, risk factors and its impact on outcome. Categories: Posted on January 31, 2012
Impact on hand hygiene compliance following migration to a new hospital with improved resources and the sequential introduction of World Health Organization recommendations. Categories: Posted on January 31, 2012
The burden of multidrug-resistant organisms on tertiary hospitals posed by patients with recent stays in long-term acute care facilities. Categories: Posted on January 31, 2012
A new look at antiplatelet agent-related peptic ulcer: An update of prevention and treatment. Categories: Posted on January 31, 2012
D-Dimer Threshold Increase with Pretest Probability Unlikely for Pulmonary Embolism to Decrease Unnecessary Computerized Tomographic Pulmonary Angiography. Categories: Posted on January 31, 2012
Neurologic emergencies in patients who have cancer: diagnosis and management. Categories: Posted on January 31, 2012
Effect of a targeted glycemic management program on provider response to inpatient hyperglycemia. Categories: Posted on January 31, 2012
Implementing early mobilization interventions in mechanically ventilated patients in the ICU. Categories: Posted on January 31, 2012
Utility of the COPD Assessment Test™ (CAT) to Evaluate Severity of COPD Exacerbations. Categories: Posted on January 30, 2012
Developing Expert-Derived Rating Standards for the Peer Assessment of Lectures. Categories: Posted on January 29, 2012
Survival and outcome prediction using the APACHE III and the out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) score in patients treated in the intensive care unit (ICU) following out-of-hospital, in-hospital or ICU cardiac arrest. Categories: Posted on January 29, 2012
A review of recent clinical trials and guidelines on the prevention and management of delirium in hospitalized older patients. Categories: Posted on January 28, 2012
Management of acute stroke and transient ischemic stroke-an integrated, systematic approach from the emergency department to the inpatient setting to discharge. Categories: Posted on January 28, 2012
Detecting delayed microbiology results after hospital discharge: improving patient safety through an automated medical informatics tool. Categories: Posted on January 28, 2012
Bare Metal Stent Thrombosis in Patients With Acute Coronary Syndrome. Categories: Posted on January 28, 2012
Baseline Platelet Count and Clinical Outcome in Acute Coronary Syndrome. Categories: Posted on January 28, 2012
Prospectively defined indicators to improve the safety and quality of care for critically ill patients: a report from the Task Force on Safety and Quality of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM). Categories: Posted on January 28, 2012
Predictive model for emergency hospital admission and 6-month readmission. Categories: Posted on January 27, 2012
Co-amoxiclav induces proliferation and cytotoxin production of Clostridium difficile ribotype 027 in a human gut model. Categories: Posted on January 27, 2012
The peri-operative management of anti-platelet therapy in elective, non-cardiac surgery. Categories: Posted on January 26, 2012
Impact of Vendor Computerized Physician Order Entry in Community Hospitals. Categories: Posted on January 26, 2012
Excessive daytime sleepiness among attending physicians: a pilot survey study at an academic institution. Categories: Posted on January 26, 2012
Evaluating Outcomes Associated with Alternative Dosing Strategies for Piperacillin/Tazobactam: A Qualitative Systematic Review (February). Categories: Posted on January 26, 2012
In-hospital mortality among rural Medicare patients with acute myocardial infarction: the influence of demographics, transfer, and health factors. Categories: Posted on January 26, 2012
Killip classification in patients with acute coronary syndrome: insight from a multicenter registry. Categories: Posted on January 24, 2012
Old and new oral anticoagulants for venous thromboembolism and atrial fibrillation: A review of the literature. Categories: Posted on January 24, 2012
The influence of clinical risk factors on pre-operative B-type natriuretic peptide risk stratification of vascular surgical patients. Categories: Posted on January 24, 2012
Complications associated with peripheral or central routes for central venous cannulation. Categories: Posted on January 24, 2012
Randomized, prospective, observational simulation study comparing residents’ needle-guided vs free-hand ultrasound techniques for central venous catheter access. Categories: Posted on January 24, 2012
Cardiac stress testing for the diagnosis and management of coronary artery disease: a reference for the primary care physician. Categories: Posted on January 24, 2012
Contrast-induced kidney injury: mechanisms, risk factors, and prevention. Categories: Posted on January 24, 2012
High-sensitive troponin T measurements: what do we gain and what are the challenges? Categories: Posted on January 24, 2012
Sodium chloride vs. sodium bicarbonate for the prevention of contrast medium-induced nephropathy: a randomized controlled trial. Categories: Posted on January 24, 2012
Diagnostic performance of a pocket-sized ultrasound device for quick-look cardiac imaging. Categories: Posted on January 24, 2012
Impact of protected mealtimes on ward mealtime environment, patient experience and nutrient intake in hospitalised patients. Categories: Posted on January 24, 2012
Clostridium difficile colitis: factors associated with outcome and assessment of mortality at a national level. Categories: Posted on January 24, 2012
Updating the role of natriuretic peptide levels in cardiovascular disease. Categories: Posted on January 24, 2012
Efficacy and safety of outpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy for infective endocarditis: a ten-year prospective study. Categories: Posted on January 24, 2012
Red Blood Cell Indices and Development of Hospital-Acquired Anemia During Acute Myocardial Infarction. Categories: Posted on January 24, 2012
Association of Beta Blocker Exposure with Outcomes in Heart Failure Differs Between African American and White Patients. Categories: Posted on January 23, 2012
The diagnostic and prognostic value of first hour glycogen phosphorylase isoenzyme BB level in acute coronary syndrome. Categories: Posted on January 22, 2012
A strategy for optimizing staffing to improve the timeliness of inpatient phlebotomy collections. Categories: Posted on January 22, 2012
Development and implementation of a comprehensive heparin-induced thrombocytopenia recognition and management protocol. Categories: Posted on January 21, 2012
Diagnostic Accuracy of Computed Tomography Coronary Angiography According to Pre-Test Probability of Coronary Artery Disease and Severity of Coronary Arterial Calcification The CORE-64 (Coronary Artery Evaluation Using 64-Row Multidetector Computed Tomography Angiography) International Multicenter Study. Categories: Posted on January 21, 2012
Uric acid: A cardiovascular risk factor in patients with recent myocardial infarction. Categories: Posted on January 21, 2012
Urban hospital ‘clusters’ do shift high-risk procedures to key facilities, but more could be done. Categories: Posted on January 20, 2012
Midregional Pro-A-Type Natriuretic Peptide for Diagnosis and Prognosis in Patients With Suspected Acute Myocardial Infarction. Categories: Posted on January 20, 2012
Risk of suicide among operated and non-operated patients hospitalised for peptic ulcers. Categories: Posted on January 20, 2012
A simple approach to fairer hospital benchmarking using patient experience data. Categories: Posted on January 20, 2012
Effect of case-based training for medical residents on inpatient glycemia. Categories: Posted on January 20, 2012
Risk stratification schemes, anticoagulation use and outcomes: the risk–treatment paradox in patients with newly diagnosed non-valvular atrial fibrillation. Categories: Posted on January 20, 2012
Home intravenous antibiotics in a tertiary care hospital in Saudi Arabia. Categories: Posted on January 19, 2012
Long-term outcome after additional catheter-directed thrombolysis versus standard treatment for acute iliofemoral deep vein thrombosis (the CaVenT study): a randomised controlled trial. Categories: Posted on January 19, 2012
Evaluation of risk stratification schemes for ischaemic stroke and bleeding in 182 678 patients with atrial fibrillation: the Swedish Atrial Fibrillation cohort study. Categories: Posted on January 19, 2012
Randomised placebo-controlled trial of rituximab (anti-CD20) in active ulcerative colitis. Categories: Posted on January 19, 2012
Combined determination of highly sensitive troponin T and copeptin for early exclusion of acute myocardial infarction: first experience in an emergency department of a general hospital. Categories: Posted on January 19, 2012
Physicians’ perceptions of background noise in a pediatric emergency department. Categories: Posted on January 19, 2012
Should patients receive general anesthesia prior to extubation at the end of life?*. Categories: Posted on January 19, 2012
The impact of patient-centered communication on patients’ decision making and evaluations of physicians: a randomized study using video vignettes. Categories: Posted on January 19, 2012
Initial hospital pulse pressure and cardiovascular outcomes in acute coronary syndrome. Categories: Posted on January 19, 2012
Differential diagnosis of acute abdominal pain – acute intermittent porphyria. Categories: Posted on January 19, 2012
A prospective observational study comparing three different treatment regimes in patients with Clostridium difficile infection. Categories: Posted on January 19, 2012
Normalization of vital signs does not reduce the probability of acute pulmonary embolism in symptomatic emergency department patients. Categories: Posted on January 19, 2012
Old and new biomarkers for predicting high and low risk microbial infection in critically ill patients with new onset fever: A case for procalcitonin. Categories: Posted on January 19, 2012
Stenotrophomonas maltophilia – The most worrisome threat among unusual non-fermentative gram-negative bacilli from hospitalized patients: A prospective multicenter study. Categories: Posted on January 19, 2012
Hypertonic saline solution for prevention of renal dysfunction in patients with decompensated heart failure. Categories: Posted on January 19, 2012
Clinical utility of biomarkers of endothelial activation in sepsis – a systematic review. Categories: Posted on January 19, 2012
Risk factors associated with the conversion of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonisation to healthcare-associated infection. Categories: Posted on January 19, 2012
Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Transmural and Percutaneous Transhepatic Gallbladder Drainage are Comparable for Acute Cholecystitis. Categories: Posted on January 18, 2012
Effects of Fractionated Plasma Separation and Adsorption on Survival in Patients with Acute-On-Chronic Liver Failure. Categories: Posted on January 18, 2012
Comprehensive study of cardiovascular morbidity in hospitalized inflammatory bowel disease patients. Categories: Posted on January 18, 2012
Impact of an assisted reassessment of antibiotic therapies on the quality of prescriptions in an intensive care unit. Categories: Posted on January 18, 2012
Pyoderma gangrenosum requiring inpatient management: a report of 26 cases with follow up. Categories: Posted on January 18, 2012
U.K. National COPD Resources and Outcomes Project 2008: patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbations who present with radiological pneumonia have worse outcome compared to those with non-pneumonic chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbations. Categories: Posted on January 18, 2012
The association between plasma D-dimer levels and community-acquired pneumonia. Categories: Posted on January 18, 2012