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Published in JAMA 2015 Jan 20 Authors: Noto MJ et al. A new study challenges the benefits of daily chlorhexidine bathing in reducing hospital-acquired infections. One recently developed strategy to prevent hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) in intensive care units (ICUs) has been unit-wide patient bathing with chlorhexidine gluconate (CHG) to broadly decrease skin colonization with microbial […]
Read MoreI thought this was interesting so I wanted to share with our readers. Hip and knee replacements, two of the fastest-growing U.S. medical procedures, are subject to huge – and apparently random – price variations within the same geographical areas, a new insurance industry study showed. The study by Blue Cross Blue Shield [BCBSFL.UL] health […]
Read MoreCompassion tops the list by former Society of Critical Care Medicine president. When R. Phillip Dellinger, MD, looked back over the distinguished career that earned him a lifetime achievement award in critical care, he urged the field forward in 10 directions. Despite the drop in severe sepsis mortality he helped drive, the biggest advance needed […]
Read MoreWRITTEN BY EDWARD R. MARIANO, MD Our health care system needs more physician leaders. Physician-led accountable care organizations have been shown to improve the quality of patient care while reducing overall costs. Physicians, by their nature, tend to be goal-oriented, have the ability to gather and assimilate evidence, and make difficult decisions, but these traits […]
Read MorePublished in Blood 2015 Jan 8; 125:229 Authors: Cannegieter SC et al. Risks were higher for subsequent deep venous thrombosis, pulmonary embolism, acute myocardial infarction, ischemic stroke, and death. A recent study showed that 9.4% of patients with superficial venous thrombosis (SVT) had extension of the thrombus to the deep veins (NEJM JW Oncol Hematol Sep […]
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