Rapid Response & Data Sharing During COVID-19 Pandemic
Physicians and healthcare systems across the world have been and continue to respond quickly as...
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Infectious Disease
Rapid Response & Data Sharing During COVID-19 Pandemic
Physicians and healthcare systems across the world have been and continue to respond quickly as...
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Sepsis & Infectious Disease Consultation
Evidence indicates that the use of severe sepsis and septic shock (SS/SS) treatment bundles is...
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Osteoporosis, BMD & Fracture Risk in PLHIV
With significant improvements in the treatment of HIV in recent years, life expectancy in patients...
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A Call to Action to Increase HPV Awareness & Vaccination Rates
Knowledge about human papillomavirus (HPV) among people who are eligible for the HPV vaccine is...
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The Elements of Doctor-Patient Privilege
There are some societal goals that are considered so important that the law gives them extra...
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Prevalence of C. difficile Carriage & Progression
More than 400,000 cases of Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) and nearly 30,000 deaths from...
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Telemedicine & Respiratory Infection Patient Satisfaction
Evidence suggests that patients are increasingly using telemedicine for non-urgent ailments,...
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Quick & Accurate BSI Diagnosis
Evidence indicates that early institution of appropriate antibiotics is a crucial determinant of...
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Analyzing the Quick SOFA Sepsis Screening Tool
“In 2016, the Sepsis-3 task force proposed the quick SOFA (qSOFA) score (2 or more of the...
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HIV Infection & Cancer Outcomes Among the Elderly
Despite treatment, elderly patients with cancer who are HIV-positive had worse outcomes than those...
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Preventing Postoperative Vaginal Delivery Infection
Research indicates that both caesarean birth and operative vaginal birth (forceps or vacuum...
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Immunologic Non-Response Despite Viral Suppression
For HIV-positive individuals who begin antiretroviral therapy (ART) at CD4 counts below 500...
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Conference Highlights: IDWeek 2019
New research was presented at IDWeek 2019, the joint annual meeting of the Infectious Diseases...
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Seven Deaths in California From Infections Tied to Black Tar Heroin
Nine people, aged 19 to 57, have been admitted to area hospitals with myonecrosis bacterial infections
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Annual Reported Measles Incidence Dropped From 2000 to 2018
Measles vaccination averted an estimated 23.2 million deaths during 2000 to 2018
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New HIV Infections Remained Stable in U.S. From 2013 to 2017
Of the 1.2 million people with indications for PrEP in 2018, only 18.1 percent had been prescribed PrEP
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New Federal Program Provides Free HIV Prevention Drugs to Uninsured
Expanding access to PrEP is key part of government’s aim of ending nation’s HIV epidemic by 2030
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Digital Sepsis Monitoring May Improve Inpatient Outcomes
Systemwide implementation presents opportunity to improve care for patients who may have sepsis
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Risk for Hospital Admission Up With Short-Term PM2.5 Exposure
Admissions for new causes, previously identified causes linked to short-term exposure to air pollution
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