Transmission of antibiotic-resistant bacteria linked to previous intensive care unit room occupants
Staying in a room in the intensive care unit (ICU) previously occupied by a patient with treatment-resistant bacteria may increase the odds of acquiring such bacteria, according to a report in the October 9 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. Two particular microorganisms cause significant illness and death in hospitals: methicillin-resistant Staphylo...Clinical Renal Trails Do Not Have Sufficient Women Participants
New findings that are being presented during the American Society of Nephrology’s 38th Annual Meeting and Scientific Exposition in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, say that women are not being adequately represented during medical trials // more specifically renal trials. Through analyses of the recently conducted renal trials showed this shortcoming. It is theorized that this may be the r...'Inflatable-pants' heart failure therapy suffers due to lack of evidence.
According to a new review on ‘Inflatable-pants' heart failure therapy lack of conclusive evidence it supports the government's opinion that too little evidence exists to support a device that uses balloon-like pants as a treatment for heart failure. // The technique in question is called “External counterpulsation”(ECP), a noninvasive therapy to improve blood flow to the heart. This i...Transmission of Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Linked to Previous ICU Room Occupants
Staying in a room in the intensive care unit previously occupied by a patient with treatment-resistant bacteria may increase the odds of acquiring such bacteria.// Two particular microorganisms cause significant illness and death in hospitals: methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE), according to background information in the articl...