Evaluation of vancomycin individualized model-based dosing approach in neonates
Background: Vancomycin is commonly used to treat methicillin-resistant staphylococcal infections in neonates. Consensus on its ideal dosing in neonates has not been achieved.
Manal Abouelkheir +5 more
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European intensive care physicians’ experience of infections due to antibiotic-resistant bacteria [PDF]
Background Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) compromises the treatment of patients with serious infections in intensive care units (ICUs), and intensive care physicians are increasingly facing patients with bacterial infections with limited or no adequate ...
De Waele, Jan +9 more
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Return period curves for extreme 5-min rainfall amounts at the Barcelona urban network [PDF]
Heavy rainfall episodes are relatively common in the conurbation of Barcelona and neighbouring cities (NE Spain), usually due to storms generated by convective phenomena in summer and eastern and south-eastern advections in autumn.
Burgueño Rivero, August +6 more
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Background: Complicated urinary tract infection (cUTI) is often associated with drug-resistant pathogens and requires therapy with broad-spectrum antibiotics.
Guan-Jhou Chen +5 more
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Common mental disorders and ethnicity in England : the EMPIRIC Study [PDF]
Background. There is little population-based evidence on ethnic variation in the most common mental disorders (CMD), anxiety and depression. We compared the prevalence of CMD among representative samples of White, Irish, Black Caribbean, Bangladeshi ...
Blanchard, Martin +10 more
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The Surgical Infection Society revised guidelines on the management of intra-abdominal infection [PDF]
Background: Previous evidence-based guidelines on the management of intra-abdominal infection (IAI) were published by the Surgical Infection Society (SIS) in 1992, 2002, and 2010. At the time the most recent guideline was released, the plan was to update
Chang, Phillip K +11 more
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Limited effect of patient and disease characteristics on compliance with hospital antimicrobial guidelines [PDF]
Objective: Physicians frequently deviate from guidelines that promote prudent use of antimicrobials. We explored to what extent patient and disease characteristics were associated with compliance with guideline recommendations for three common infections.
A Alvarez +36 more
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Pedagogical empiric research. Work notes
This article explores, with a pioneering approach, an alternative pedagogical empiric research. In detail, it discloses a research model founded on the pragmatic approach introduced by Dewey and integrated with critical rationalism.
Massimo Baldacci
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Sepsis caused by bloodstream infection in patients in the intensive care unit: the impact of inactive empiric antimicrobial therapy on outcome [PDF]
Background: Sepsis is one of the leading causes of death in the UK. Aims: The aims of this study were to identify the rate of inactive antimicrobial therapy (AMT) in the ICU and whether inactive AMT had an effect on in hospital mortality, ICU ...
Booth, M.G. +4 more
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Model Pengembangan Kreativitas melalui Permainan Konstruktif dalam Proses Pendidikan Anak Usia Dini
This research is aimed at developing a creativity development model through constructive play using building blocks. By testing the hypothesis using t test, this research results in the Creativity Development Model through Constructive Play. Model proves
Masnipal Masnipal
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