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American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeon (AAOS):
American Academy of Orthopedic
Surgeon (AAOS) developed 14 strong and moderate-strength recommendations to
decrease surgical site infections after major extremity trauma
Summary of Recommendations
1. Initial
Antibiotics
Early delivery of antibiotics is...
Best Practice Advice from the
American College of Physicians
The American
College of Physicians (ACP) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
have recognized antibiotic-resistant infections as a global threat.
Antimicrobial overuse, particularly with broad-spectrum antibiotics, drives
resistance and causes adverse events in u...
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) GuidanceManaging cough Recommendations· Encourage patient
with cough to avoid lying on their backs, if possible, because this may make
coughing less effective.· Be aware
that older people or those with comorbidities, frailty, impaired immunity or a
reduced ability to cough...
The New England Journal of Medicine
TAKE-HOME MESSAGE
This retrospective study evaluated
the effectiveness of the Pfizer (BNT162b2) COVID-19 vaccine in preventing
reinfection in patients who had recovered from COVID-19.
A total of 149,039 patients who had
recovered from COVID-19 were included, and, of these, 56% were subsequently...
The use of empiric antibiotic therapy
appears to prevent neither deterioration nor death among patients with COVID-19
pneumonia, as shown in this study.
Take Home Message
In a group of patients with
COVID-19 pneumonia, antibiotics were commonly started in those who were
severely ill. Patients who did vs did not receive antibiotics mor...
Acute
gastroenteritis (AGE) is the second leading cause of child mortality and
morbidity, particularly in low-income countries. Although 30% reduction in
mortality for diarrhea has been achieved, AGE still accounts for 550,000 deaths
per year in infants and children younger than 5 years.
The
Federation of International Societies of Pedi...
TAKE HOME MESSAGE
Acute pharyngitis is one of the most common complaints that a physician
encounters in the ambulatory care setting, accounting for 1% to 2% of all
ambulatory care visits annually and a high antibiotic prescribing rate.
However, the majority of these cases is viral and is self-limiting even in
cases caused by bacteria...
Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery:
Odontogenic infections are a common
problem in dentistry, and their treatment often requires the use of antibiotics
besides the removal of the source of infection, which frequently makes it more
difficult for clinicians to make a decision regarding the choice of antibiotic.
The pathogenesis...
JAMA Surgery:
Surgical
site infections (SSIs) are infections of the incision or organ or space that
occur after surgery. Surgical patients initially seen with more
complex comorbidities and the emergence of antimicrobial-resistant pathogens
increase the cost and challenge of treating SSIs. The prevention of SSI is
increasingly important...
Urinary
tract infections (UTIs) represent a common pathology among female patients,
leading to overprescribing antibiotics, globally. The emergence of the COVID-19
pandemic has dramatically increased the incidence of this particular viral
pneumonia with secondary bacterial superinfection, resulting in continuous
therapeutic or prophylactic...
Cefuroxime is a 2nd generation cephalosporin group of broad-spectrum β-lactam
antibiotic.Clavulanic acid is a
beta lactamase inhibitor used to enhance the effectiveness of beta lactam
antibiotics.Cefuroxime and Clavulanic Acid: A
combination of cefuroxime and ß -lactamase inhibitor (Clavulanic acid) for the
treatment of various bacterial infec...
Booster interval and age updatedThe U.S. Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) and CDC authorizing the use of a Pfizer-BioNTech & Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine to shorten the time
between the completion of a primary series of the 2 vaccines and a booster dose
to at least 5 months after completion of the primary vaccination series for
individuals 12 yea...
