Hospital Medicine News

Individuals in Canada who received hospital care for hallucinogen use had greater 5-year mortality risk, especially from suicide, compared with the general population, according to a study published in Canadian Medical Association Journal.

SAN FRANCISCO — A universal syphilis screening program identified more cases of syphilis than programs targeting specific patient populations, such as pregnant women and patients already receiving blood draws, researchers found.

Researchers at the University of Washington and Seattle Children's found that using exclusion-based criteria to refer infants for genetic testing in the NICU led to more diagnoses and at earlier ages.

Published results showed intraoperative use of remifentanil and sufentanil was independently associated with poor postoperative pain outcomes for patients undergoing elective surgery with general anesthesia.

Fluoroquinolone exposure did not appear to increase the risk for developing vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus colonization following pediatric hematopoietic cell transplantation, a study found.

A dozen people have died and 38 have been sickened in a multistate Listeria outbreak linked to frozen supplemental nutrition shakes distributed in long-term care facilities, the CDC said.

In January, Traumagel, a plant-based hemostatic gel that controls bleeding in seconds when applied to a wound at the point of care, saw its commercial release in the United States.

Individuals who required hospital-based care for cannabis use disorder faced nearly three times the risk for premature death, results from a cohort analysis published in JAMA Network Open showed.

NSAIDs “provide the greatest benefit and least harm” for treating acute pain in children compared with ketamine and opioids, according to findings from a systematic review and meta-analysis published in JAMA Pediatrics.