Critical Care News

Study findings showed that multidrug-resistant organisms, or MDROs, are transmitted “early, readily, and frequently” between patients and hospital rooms, suggesting that terminal cleaning may be inadequate to prevent patients from getting infections from the environment, researchers reported in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology.

An internet-based clinical decision support system allowed physicians to quickly and easily identify patients with pulmonary embolism eligible for home treatment without the risk of rehospitalization or major adverse events, according to findings published in Annals of Internal Medicine.

ORLANDO, Fla. — More than 2 million children were injured in falls from sofas and beds between 2007 and 2016, with the rates of injuries increasing during that 10-year period, according to a presentation at the AAP National Conference & Exhibition.

ORLANDO, Fla. — A study presented here showed that children aged younger than 12 years were more likely to be shot by accident in the United States, reinforcing the need to safely store guns.

Research using United States census data from 2010 found that more than 10 million children lived farther than 60 miles from the closest pediatric surgeon. Researchers found disparities in race, ethnicity and age related to children’s proximity to a surgeon as well.

ORLANDO, Fla. — Researchers said less than half of all teens diagnosed with sexually transmitted infections filled prescriptions for outpatient antibiotics when they were discharged from the ED. Teens who were admitted to the hospital, however, were approximately three times more likely to fill their prescriptions.

Active surveillance for extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae, or ESBL-E, was able to identify most infants who were colonized or infected in a level 4 neonatal ICU, according to research published in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology. However, researchers suggest this strategy to reduce transmission may not be cost-effective.

SAN DIEGO — At ASN Kidney Week 2018, Francesca Tentori, MD, MS, medical director of clinical research for DaVita, spoke about results of a study that identified the risk factors of initial admission and readmission among patients who receive in-center hemodialysis at DaVita.

Pediatric mortality rates related to motor vehicle crashes vary widely throughout the United States, and these variations can even be seen across individual counties, according to findings presented at the American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress. Researchers said that children have a higher likelihood of surviving a motor vehicle crash when they are closer to a pediatric or adult trauma center.

Teenagers with HIV and their families can improve agreement about health care goals when advance care planning is discussed with a physician early in the course of treatment, according to research published in Pediatrics. This agreement, according to the researchers, can decrease HIV symptoms and suffering for the patient.