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New criteria determine need for echo in bacteremia patients

A list of five criteria can be used to determine whether patients with nosocomial Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia require echocardiography, a new study found.

Preoperative calculator helps spot patients at risk of postoperative respiratory failure

Five preoperative variables can be used to identify patients at higher risk of postoperative respiratory failure, a new study found.

Prior antibiotic use associated with higher mortality in Gram-negative sepsis inpatients

Recent antibiotic use is associated with greater hospital mortality in patients with severe sepsis or septic shock attributed to Gram-negative bacteremia, a new study found.

DNR decisions by surrogates common, take longer

More than half of do-not-resuscitate (DNR) orders were completed by a surrogate decision maker in a recent study at one urban, public hospital.