Moehring RW, Yarrington ME, Warren BG, et al; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Prevention Epicenters Program. Evaluation of an opt-out protocol for antibiotic de-escalation in patients with suspected sepsis: a multicenter, randomized, controlled trial. Clin Infect Dis...
but also for the use of internists, surgeons, and general practitioners who may have the opportunity to care for patients with CD. Although the present guidelines are not intended for the use of patients
4. For diagnosing diabetes-related foot soft-tissue infection, we suggest not using foot temperature (however measured) or quantitative microbial analysis. (Conditional; Low) 5. In a person with suspected soft tissue diabetes-related foot infection, cons...
92 For guidance on the clinical application of TE, see “Expert consensus on the use of transient elastography for diagnosing liver fibrosis (2018 update).”85 Imaging diagnosis The aim of imaging examination in patients with chronic HBV infection is to monitor clinical progression by the ...
selective focused imaging can be used for increasing the positive appendectomy rate imaging with aim to aid in diagnosing alternative diseases, who may not need surgery (e.g. omental infarction, solitary caecal diverticulum and torsion of appendix epilplocae). Nevertheless, delay in diagnosis later...
selective focused imaging can be used for increasing the positive appendectomy rate imaging with aim to aid in diagnosing alternative diseases, who may not need surgery (e.g. omental infarction, solitary caecal diverticulum and torsion of appendix epilplocae). Nevertheless, delay in diagnosis later...
Continuous vs Intermittent Meropenem Administration in Critically Ill Patients With Sepsis: The MERCY 2023 June JAMA Monti G Video versus Direct Laryngoscopy for Tracheal Intubation of Critically Ill Adults 2023 June NEJM Prekker ME Bottom Line Mild Hypercapnia or Normocapnia after Out-of-Hospital Ca...
The American College of Rheumatology proposed the following criteria for diagnosing TA: 1) Age of onset younger than 40 years. 2) Intermittent claudication. 3) Diminished brachial artery pulse. 4) Subclavian artery or aortic bruit. 5) Systolic blood pressure variation greater than 10 mm Hg betwee...
In the 2015 JSDT guidelines, serum ferritin level and TSAT, which were previously used in the domestic and international guidelines regarding renal anemia, are recommended for use as iron indices, although these indices have limitations for diagnosing iron deficiency and iron overload. Serum ferritin...
Even though CT is the standard procedure for diagnosing pleural and pulmonary diseases and tumors, ultrasound offers valuable information and can be used in the initial diagnosis, co-assessment, or follow-up of pleural thickenings, pleural lesions, and pleural and peripheral pulmonal tumors. TUS ...