Sepsis News

• Hospitals Call for More Choice Than Pricey Blood Treatment Method The nation's largest supplier of platelets is moving to a method it says is easier for hospitals, but one that sharply raises costs, leading some centers to demand more options.
  Kaiser Health News, May 17, 2022
• Understanding Toxin Testing Results for C diff Testing stool samples for C difficile exotoxins A and B is frequently used to diagnose a C difficile infection, but clinicians need a greater understanding of what the results mean.
  Medscape Medical News, May 06, 2022
• Baby Formula Shortage Getting Worse "Inflation, supply chain shortages and product recalls have brought an unprecedented amount of volatility for baby formula."
  WebMD Health News, May 03, 2022
• ECCMID 2022 Neonatal Sepsis Morbidity, Mortality, High Worldwide Eighteen percent of newborns worldwide die of neonatal sepsis, and this is accompanied by high use of last-line antibiotics to overcome resistant infections.
  Medscape Medical News, May 02, 2022
• ECCMID 2022 Inappropriate Antibiotic Use Increased During Pandemic Compared with the prepandemic period, US hospitals with medium and high rates of antimicrobial resistance showed higher levels of antibiotic use among both SARS-CoV-2 positive and negative patients.
  Medscape Medical News, April 27, 2022
• FDA Panel: Concerns Over PI3K Inhibitors in Blood Cancers An FDA advisory panel voted in favor of using randomized trials of PI3K drugs instead of single-arm studies in blood cancer studies, because of concerns about toxicities in this class of drugs.
  Medscape Medical News, April 22, 2022
• Nafcillin Therapy a Safe Alternative to Vancomycin for Infants With Late-Onset Sepsis Nafcillin is safe when used as empirical treatment for late-onset sepsis in infants in the neonatal intensive-care unit who don't have a history of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection or colonization, researchers say.
  Reuters Health Information, April 15, 2022
• SIRS 2022 'Fragmented' Speech Patterns May Predict Psychosis Relapse Patients with first-episode psychosis show differences in speech patterns and content that could pinpoint symptom severity — and help predict relapse up to 3 months later, new research suggests.
  Medscape Medical News, April 14, 2022
• SIRS 2022 Novel Long-Acting Injection Cuts Schizophrenia Relapse A novel risperidone formulation cuts relapse risk in schizophrenia, new research suggests; but experts wonder: will it help improve the field's "deplorably low" use of long-acting antipsychotics?
  Medscape Medical News, April 12, 2022
• CDC Reports Meningococcal Disease Outbreak in Florida It can be a 'very serious, often deadly' disease, the CDC said. The two most common types of meningococcal disease are meningitis and septicemia.
  WebMD Health News, April 11, 2022
• Early Parenteral Nutrition Support Cuts Infections After Major Abdominal Surgery Early supplemental parenteral nutrition (E-SPN) reduces the risk of infections in hospitalized patients recovering from major abdominal surgery, researchers in China have found.
  Reuters Health Information, April 08, 2022
• Tebipenem Pivoxil Hydrobromide Offers Oral Option for Complex UTIs Clinical cure occurred in at least 90% of patients who received either treatment.
  Medscape Medical News, April 07, 2022
• Pneumococcal Pneumonia Outcomes Worse Than Legionnaires Disease Bacteremic S. pneumoniae patients had higher rates of mechanical ventilation, ICU stay, and death.
  Medscape Medical News, March 30, 2022
• Aerosolized Hydrogen Peroxide Can Significantly Reduce C. difficile Infections Aerosolized hydrogen peroxide is a new tool in fighting C. difficile in healthcare settings.
  Medscape Medical News, March 18, 2022
• Are 'Antibiotic Diets' Good Practice? Researchers are debating whether probiotics and microbiome-boosting foods can help our guts recover during periods of antibiotic use, allowing patients to stay on course with treatment.
  Medscape Medical News, March 16, 2022
• Medical Oxygen Running Out in Ukraine as War Rages, WHO Warns Ukraine is running out of oxygen supplies that critically ill people need, the World Health Organization said on Sunday, calling for safe passage for emergency imports as combat rages.
  Reuters Health Information, February 28, 2022
• Autoantibodies May Underpin Clotting Effects of COVID-19 Researchers discovered "rogue" antibodies associated with clotting and inflammation in severe COVID-19.
  Medscape Medical News, February 28, 2022
• Can Phages Help Where Antibiotics Have Failed? Phages, long relegated to the fringes of infectious disease treatment, may overcome antibiotic resistance and help patients with no other options.
  Medscape Medical News, February 23, 2022
• Docs on the Move: Jernejcic to Lead Trailblazing Hospital in China A roundup of important career moves and accomplishments among physicians.
  Medscape Medical News, February 22, 2022
• Don't Use 3 Recalled Baby Formulas, FDA Says The FDA says parents should not use three powdered baby formulas that were made at an Abbott factory in Sturgis, MI, and are linked to reports of bacterial infections in four infants, including one who died.
  WebMD Health News, February 18, 2022