Purpose. The feasibility of using a limitedsampling algorithm for administration of vancomycin for treatment of vascular-access-related bacteremia in outpatient high flux hemodialysis was ...

METHODS In consecutive patients with suspected postoperative endophthalmitis a vitreous biopsy for bacterial culture was taken before 0.2 mg vancomycin and 0.05 mg gentamicin were injected ...

Purpose An original and a revised vancomycin dosing protocol for obese patients were compared with respect to attainment of target serum trough vancomycin concentrations and the occurrence of ...

This is a MedPage Today story. In late September, Hurricane Helene damaged a major supplier of intravenous (IV) fluids. In this report, we follow up on what has happened since. Hurricane Helene ...

On arrival, he was profoundly hypotensive and metaraminol was started for septic shock after a poor response to intravenous fluids. He was admitted to his local intensive ... Sputum culture was ...

I’ve got an idea - why don’t you write down the instructions in order so you can follow them as you go through each step! That way you won’t mix them up or forget them. Writing down ...

Correspondence to Dr Jun Yu, Institute of Digestive Disease and The Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Chinese University of Hong Kong, New Territories, Hong Kong; junyu{at}cuhk.edu.hk The gut ...

DNA extraction from isolates was performed with automated magnetic bead extraction on a QIAsymphony instrument (Qiagen, Hilden, Germany) using the QIAsymphony DSP Virus/Pathogen Midi Kit (Qiagen) ...

Explicit computerised decision support tools standardise clinical decision making and lead different clinicians to the same set of diagnostic or therapeutic instructions. They have favourable impacts ...

The steroid regimen used in TbM depends on the severity of the disease. The use of intravenous Dexamethasone for two to four weeks in tapering doses is recommended in the initial treatment, followed ...