Hospital Medicine News

Carbapenems were commonly prescribed as targeted therapy for extended-spectrum cephalosporin-resistant Enterobacterales infections despite significant changes in guidance, data show.

The rate of exposure to synthetic THC among children in the United States increased by 132% during a recent 2-year period, according to data from the American Association of Poison Control Centers published in Clinical Toxicology.

Following decades of decreasing rates, unintentional drowning deaths have increased in the United States since the COVID-19 pandemic, CDC researchers reported Tuesday.

PCR-based West Nile virus testing using whole blood was effective and favored compared with plasma testing as an initial test for infection, researchers reported.

People with drug use-associated infective endocarditis are at high risk of mortality and future hospitalization for bacterial infections, including endocarditis, skin and soft tissue infections and bacteremia, researchers found.

TORONTO — Rotavirus vaccination is not associated with significant outbreaks of the disease in NICUs, according to a study presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting.

TORONTO — Pediatric hospital transfers due to bronchiolitis increased at a disproportionate rate in recent years compared with all causes of hospitalization, according to a study presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting.

Standard infection prevention and control procedures prevented the spread of Candida auris at a Tennessee dialysis facility despite two patients there being colonized for up to 4 months during treatment, researchers reported.

Two studies assessing the use of algorithm-driven prompts meant to improve antibiotic selection for patients hospitalized with pneumonia or UTIs showed the prompts were effective, researchers found.

HOUSTON — Natural language processing could reduce the need for manual chart reviews to determine a patient’s risk for carrying or being infected with multidrug-resistant organisms, according to a study.