Ninguna otra profesión permite que un tercero decida cuánto vale su trabajo. No hay prepaga para abogados o arquitectos. Somos los únicos que no podemos decidir cuânto valemos.
Hay que terminar con eso.
La BACTERIEMIA🩸🍇por #ScoagulasaNegativo (epidermidis, hominis, haemolyticus…) de tu paciente🫵🏻🛌es una #ENDOCARDITIS🫀? Usa el #PACTO score para saberlo!📸👇🏻
En @OFIDJournal validación externa donde <2 puntos VPN 98% y si >7 puntos prevalencia 84%
🔗 🆓https://t.co/V0u5eI04LZ
Recent Advances in Diagnostic Approaches for Mucormycosis
A recent review published in the Journal of Fungi provides an overview of current and emerging approaches for diagnosing mucormycosis.
📖 Read the full article: https://t.co/4aDx8q94P0
#Mucormycosis#Mucorales
🆕💥🔴RESOLVE RCT
8 weeks versus 12 weeks of sofosbuvir–velpatasvir for treatment-naive, non-cirrhotic, chronic hepatitis C (RESOLVE): a multicentre, open-label, non-inferiority, randomised controlled trial in India
An 8-week regimen of sofosbuvir–velpatasvir was similar in efficacy to the standard 12-week treatment in individuals with chronic HCV infection without cirrhosis
https://t.co/EH52I2LGAj
🆕💥🟢CoTrimResist RCT
The trial randomised newly diagnosed Tanzanian adults with HIV and CD4 counts >350/µL to daily co-Bactrim or placebo for one year
Prolonged Bactrim prophylaxis leads to transient reductions in S. aureus and MRSA and early increase in ESBL-EC, but shows no persistent effect on colonisation with antimicrobial-resistant bacteria at one year #idxposts
https://t.co/rlP3R8yX9C
📄 #ArtículodelaSemana |🩸Os dejamos este artículo publicado en @OFIDJournal sobre el impacto de acortar el tratamiento antifúngico en #candidemia no complicada 🍄
7 vs.14 días ⬇️ consumo de antifúngico un 13% (solo 6% en focos que requieren ≥14 días)
🔗https://t.co/SvqldV6DDv
What are the current and emerging therapeutic options for vulvovaginal #candidiasis?
A new review provides an up-to-date overview of therapeutic strategies for vulvovaginal candidiasis, including acute, recurrent, and difficult-to-treat infections.
https://t.co/JGsy9D8v6X
Misdiagnosis of cellulitis is common! Approximately one-third of hospitalized patients diagnosed with cellulitis may have a non-infectious diagnosis.
🆕💥🔴Mimics of Lower Extremity Cellulitis: An Approach to the Red Leg #idxposts
https://t.co/bwNTNhwtYw
🆕💥🟢Diagnosis and Management of Patients with Suspected Left-sided Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis According to Cardiac FDG-PET CT Results
The addition of PET significantly increased the diagnosis of definite endocarditis (46% to 63%, P<0.001). #idxposts #IEWiki https://t.co/JLBYUqac3w
🔥🆕SOLARIO RCT 🆕🔥 @NEJM
Among patients who had undergone orthopedic surgery and received local antibiotics, a short course (≤7 days)of systemic antibiotics was noninferior to a long course (≥4 weeks).with respect to definite treatment failure by 12 months #idxposts
https://t.co/QUqTNGv5nu
More Podiatrists, Fewer Amputations: A New JAMA Network Open Study Maps Geographic Variation in Medicare Diabetic Foot Wounds #ActAgainstAmputation@alpslimb https://t.co/17RXoDFv29
Obesity can affect the brain at nearly every level. This figure highlights cortical thinning, white matter injury, insulin resistance, mitochondrial dysfunction, neuroinflammation, impaired synaptic plasticity and blood brain barrier dysfunction. A reminder that obesity is a systemic disease with important consequences for brain health and cognition.
https://t.co/aYcZT4C0kV