Exploring Outpatient Antibiotic Programs
Several years ago, New York Hospital Queens (NYHQ) opened an Outpatient Parenteral Antibiotic...
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Antibiotic Safety
Antibiotics can have side effects, including allergic reactions and a potentially deadly diarrhea...
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Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs: A Call to Action
Over the past 30 years, many multidrug-resistant organisms have emerged across healthcare settings...
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Welcome Guidelines for Managing Rhinosinusitis
Recent estimates suggest that the direct annual costs of sinusitis are approximately $5.8 billion...
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CDI: Making the Case for Better Prevention Efforts
Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) is a common and sometimes fatal healthcare–associated...
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Newly Revised Guidelines for Strep
This week, the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) published newly revised guidelines...
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Dead People Don’t Get Bronchitis — Thoughts on Zithromax
It was during my residency that the first indication of heart toxicity of antibiotics affected...
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Procalcitonin & Antibiotic Decisions
The advent of antibiotic therapy has led to dramatic reductions in mortality and morbidity due to...
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Society of Critical Care Medicine’s 2012 Annual Congress
New research was presented at the 2012 Society of Critical Care Medicine’s Critical Care Congress...
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First-Ever Guidelines for Acute Bacterial Rhinosinusitis
The first-ever recommendations for the diagnosis and management of acute bacterial rhinosinusitis...
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Conference Coverage: American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons 2012
The 2012 annual meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons was held from February...
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Managing Pediatric Septic Shock
Those who undergo major surgical procedures or who have certain medical hardware placed, such as a...
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New Superbug Surfaces in Three States
An alarming new adaptable gene that can turn several common germs and types of bacteria into...
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