Updated Guidelines and Recommendations for Safe Living After Solid Organ Transplant
Managing the risk for infection is one of the primary tasks in optimizing outcomes for solid organ transplant recipients.
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How Do Disparities in the Physician Workforce Affect Patients?
Recent research indicates that disparities related to physician race or ethnicity, sex, or disability status may play a role in physician burnout.
Managing Influenza as a Coinfection in COPD
COPD is more common in older adults, who already have a higher burden of morbidity and mortality from influenza infection.
Managing Influenza in Patients With Preexisting Respiratory Conditions
Individuals with preexisting respiratory diseases including asthma and COPD are among the groups identified as having a high risk for serious influenza-related complications.
Integrating Palliative Care Into Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment
The review authors used existing evidence to recommend a new model of palliative care integration in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma.
Expert Q&A: Neonatal Pneumonia
Pneumonia is one of the leading causes of neonatal respiratory distress, and is most commonly acquired at birth.
Review Indicates Inclusion of Psychiatric Illness Association in Proposed Lyme Disease Guidelines
Researchers reviewed the recently released Lyme disease guidelines and addressed their appropriate inclusion of and association with psychiatric illnesses.
Blood-Borne Viruses: A Path Toward Global Control
Researchers focus on differences and parallels among HIV, HCV and HBV with an emphasis on virologic and therapeutic issues, and prospects for the future of HBV.
An Overview of HIV-Associated Neurocognitive Disorder
Rates of HIV-associated dementia have decreased from approximately 50% in the pre-cART era to 2% currently. However, roughly 50% of patients treated with cART have the milder forms of HIV-associated neurocognitive disorder (HAND).
Clinically Important Zoonotic Diseases Part 1: Influenza and Salmonella
The One Health Zoonotic Disease Prioritization workshop, organized jointly by the United States CDC, US Department of Agriculture, and US Department for the Interior, recently reported a list of 8 top zoonotic diseases of national concern.
Antimicrobial Stewardship Helpful in Several Patient Demographics But More Needed
As a result of retrospective identification of inappropriate use of antibiotics, antimicrobial stewardship is a growing area of concern and research in medicine. This was clearly demonstrated via a plethora of poster presentations on this topic at IDWeek 2019.
Bone Loss and Antiretroviral Therapy in HIV and HCV
Several physicians explore the etiology of osteopenia and osteoporosis in patients with HIV and HCV who are undergoing antiretroviral therapy.
Guidelines: HCV in Chronic Kidney Disease Overview
Researchers posit that access to direct acting antivirals might ameliorate the risk for HCV transmission in dialysis centers, concurrently with universal immunization for HBV, which would probably eliminate viral hepatitis within the next ten years.
Should Aging Physicians Be Required to Undergo Cognitive Testing? Three Experts Weigh In
The issue of aging physicians poses serious challenges to the medical profession, with concerns that judgment or skills might decline with age.
AAN Issues Guideline Update for Immunization in Patients With MS
AAN has issued a practice guideline update for vaccine-preventable infections and immunizations for individuals with multiple sclerosis (MS). A subcommittee of the AAN — tasked with developing, disseminating and implementing these guidelines — found improvements and additions to the recommendations previously issued in 2002.
Do Your Patients Consult Google Before They Consult You? An Expert Interview
A 2013 Pew Research Center and Internet Life Project report found that 59% of US adults said that they turned to the Internet regarding a health problem during the past year.
Is a Switch to Oral Antibiotics a Safe Option in Endocarditis?
However, the results of a study titled Partial Oral versus Intravenous Antibiotic Treatment of Endocarditis investigated whether a partial oral regimen may lead to equivalent outcomes.
ACP Releases Policy Statement on DOI, COI Management for Clinical Guideline Development
The American College of Physicians endorses the necessity of a comprehensive process for disclosure of potential conflicts of interest to ensure the integrity of clinical guidelines and guidance statements.
Post-ICU Syndrome: Identifying Challenges and Improving Mortality
Post-ICU syndrome includes psychological effects — depression, anxiety, and PTSD — as well as worsened physical functioning.
Highlighting the Gaps in Understanding Hepatitis E
Researchers suggest that the hepatitis E virus remains a worldwide threat because more needs to be investigated about its transmission.
Diabetes and Hepatitis C: A Need for Integrated Pharmacologic Management
Researchers found data that showed hepatitis C virus infection is linked to an increased risk for diabetes mellitus in both chronic hepatitis patients and patients with cirrhosis from hepatitis C.
Should Community Pharmacies Have Prescribing Power for the Treatment of Lyme Disease?
Lyme disease, a vector-borne illness caused by the bacteria Borrelia burgdorferi, is transmitted to humans by deer ticks. It is currently nearing endemic levels of infection in North America; the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has reported a 130.6% increase in confirmed cases between 1997 and 2017 (12,801-29,513 cases, respectively)1. Other…
Direct-to-Consumer Sexually Transmitted Disease Testing
Despite these soaring rates, sexual behavior and STD risk are not common topics of discussion between patients and clinicians.
The Limits of Antimicrobial Sensitivity Testing in Cystic Fibrosis
Management of infection in cystic fibrosis is complex but plays a critical role in improving the survival of those with CF.
Surviving Sepsis Campaign: 2018 Guidelines May Lead to Overdiagnosis, Overtreatment
The updated 1-hour sepsis care bundle is based on 2016 guidelines and recommends a specific set of treatments that should begin within 1 hour of sepsis recognition.
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