October 25, 2023
Problems with grateful patient programs
ACP, researchers, and physicians highlight concerns with the ethics of hospital fundraising.
Carminative
A little-known word and long-lasting snack from a long-ago physician.
Position paper calls on CMS to revise plan to pay for sepsis performance
Paying hospitals based on the SEP-1 bundle would divert attention and resources from more effective ways to provide comprehensive sepsis care, said medical groups including the Infectious Diseases Society of America and the Society of Hospital Medicine.
Adding vancomycin to cefazolin didn't reduce infections among arthroplasty patients
Cefazolin plus vancomycin did not lead to lower surgical-site infection rates compared with cefazolin plus placebo in patients getting knee, hip, or shoulder replacement surgery, a randomized trial in Australia found.
Chinese medicine reduced cardiac events after STEMI, trial finds
The randomized trial found fewer major cardiac and cerebrovascular events at 30 days and one year after ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) in patients given Tongxinluo for a year compared to those who were given a placebo.
Catheter-directed thrombolysis reduced mortality versus anticoagulation alone in PE
For patients with acute pulmonary embolism, including those at intermediate risk, anticoagulation carried a lower risk of major bleeding than catheter-directed or systemic thrombolysis, a recent review also found.