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Enteral glutamine does not reduce the time to discharge for severe burns
1. No significant difference was seen in severe burn patient time to discharge between a glutamine treatment group compared to ...
Tag: bacteremia
Replacement of infusion sets every seven days may be safe and cost-effective to prevent life-threatening catheter-related bloodstream infections
1. Prevalence of catheter-related bloodstream infections (CRBSI) was similar in the intervention (7-day) and control (4-day) groups for central venous ...
Study highlights characteristics of pediatric ambulatory central line associated bacterial infections
1. Ambulatory central line associated bacterial infection (CLABSI) rates in children were associated with significant morbidity and mortality. 2. Modifiable ...
Wide variability in rate of antibiotic exposure among infants in NICU
1. Across the state of California, there was greater than 100-fold variability in the number of infants treated with antibiotics ...
Bacteremia in pediatric pneumonia associated with disease severity
1. In this retrospective analysis of prospectively collected data, researchers found that pediatric patients with pneumonia and bacteremia were more ...
Risk stratification criteria demonstrate high sensitivity for invasive bacterial infections among febrile infants
1. The Rochester criteria and the modified Philadelphia criteria were found to have the same sensitivity (greater than 80%) in ...
Recurrence of Group B Streptococcal infection similar in shortened and prolonged therapy
The rates of Group B Streptococcal (GBS) bacteremia recurrence in infants with an initial course of late-onset infection who received ...
Etiology of pediatric bacteremia and empiric treatment time vary
1. From 2001 to 2011, there was a decrease in the rate of vaccine-preventable bacteremia and a concomitant increase in ...
24 hours may be sufficient to monitor blood cultures in febrile infants
1. The mean time to blood culture positivity in febrile infants with bacteremia was roughly 15 hours. 2. By 24 ...
RSV positivity associated with reduced serious bacterial infection risk [Classics Series]
Image: PD 1. RSV-positive infants were significantly less likely to have an SBI than those who tested negative (7% vs. ...
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