Abstract Background The diagnostic evaluation of infectious diarrhea has evolved with increasing adoption of multiplex gastrointestinal nucleic acid amplification tests and changing diagnostic strategies for Clostridioides difficile. Objectives We aimed to assess changes in inpatient pathogen‐specific documentation rates and clinical outcomes on a ...
David Wong Arias +2 more
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Central venous catheters in prehospital care: Just because we can, does it mean we should? [PDF]
McCoy DJ +4 more
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Methodological progress note: Descriptive, predictive, and causal observational studies
Abstract Observational data can be used to answer descriptive, predictive, and causal questions. Analysis of observational data can be challenging and may require complex analytical methods to produce meaningful, unbiased results; for example, when addressing confounding in causal studies.
Brett P. Dyer +2 more
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Antimicrobial elution patterns correlate with antibacterial and antifungal activities of three antimicrobial central venous catheters in serum. [PDF]
Raad II +7 more
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Abstract Background Bacterial peritonitis in patients with malignant ascites (BP‐MA) is an understudied, high‐mortality condition. While ascitic polymorphonuclear (PMN) cell count ≥ 250 cells/mm3 defines the diagnosis of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) in patients with cirrhosis, an ascitic fluid parameter for the diagnosis of BP‐MA has not ...
Mark M. Kelly +4 more
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Evaluation of the effectiveness of solutions for clearing neonatal central venous catheters: randomized study. [PDF]
Mathiolli C +6 more
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Peripherally inserted central venous catheters for remission induction chemotherapy phase of acute leukemia: a single center experience in severely thrombocytopenic patients. [PDF]
Picardi M +8 more
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ABSTRACT Background Brain development is altered in neonates with congenital heart disease (CHD), with well‐characterised reductions in regional brain volumes and enlargement of CSF spaces. However, perioperative morphological changes remain incompletely understood. Purpose To identify brain regions showing spatial patterns of coordinated expansion and
Mirthe E. M. van der Meijden +14 more
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Contact activation of coagulation in newly inserted central venous catheters (CAS-2): protocol for a randomised controlled study comparing four commercially available catheters. [PDF]
Zorlak A +3 more
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Abstract Objectives Gestational alloimmune liver disease is the leading cause of neonatal acute liver failure, hypothesized to emerge from maternal exposure to an antigen that is expressed on fetal hepatocytes, resulting in maternal‐fetal alloimmune attack and activation of the complement cascade.
Naseem Ravanbakhsh +6 more
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