Parenteral Antimicrobial Tx at Home Burdens Children’s Caregivers
Compared with those who receive oral therapy, caregivers miss more work, have lower QoL scores
Hand Hygiene Compliance Poor in Task Transitions
Hand hygiene compliance was 50.8 percent when health care workers moved from dirtier to cleaner tasks
Some Patients With Imminently Fatal Cancer Undergo Treatment
Variation seen in treatment by cancer type, age, insurance, and facility type
Barriers to Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Should Be Addressed
Report IDs barriers such as separation of OUD treatment delivery settings from rest of medical care
Reasons for TKI Discontinuation ID’d in Chronic Myeloid Leukemia
Treatment-free remission maintained in 14 of 21 patients who discontinued tyrosine kinase inhibitors
Over Half of Patients Have Suboptimal Response to Statins
Suboptimal responders have increased risk for incident cardiovascular disease
Intensive BP Lowering May Up Cognitive Decline in Elderly
For those on antihypertensive treatment, cognitive decline greater with SBP <130 versus >150 mm Hg
AEDs Tied to Higher Pneumonia Risk in Alzheimer Patients
Risk for pneumonia highest within first month of antiepileptic drug use but persists through two years
Metformin May Cut Risk for Prematurity, Miscarriage in PCOS
But no significant differences seen in gestational DM risk between metformin users, nonusers
Standardizing Demographics Ups Accuracy of Patient Matching
Standardization of address and last name improved sensitivity from 81.3 to 91.6 percent
