Thus, there is rationale for using therapeutic-dose anticoagulation in all hospitalized COVID-19 patients, but the specific anticipated benefits likely vary based on illness severity and may be most clinically meaningful in noncritically ill patients. Of course, any potential benefit of therapeutic-...
Goals of care are those life goals that pertain to patients’ health and well-being, and are therefore critical in helping them make informed decisions about their medical care.1, 2 Patients’ personalities, dreams, hopes, and personal values all play a role in defining their life goals. Pati...
We did not calculate CQ dose by weight; however, only 1 patient (1.2%) weighed less than 110 lbs. Body mass index was similar in both groups. Hemoglobin decrease was observed in 11 of 42 patients (26.2%). Creatinine increase was observed in 16 of 38 (42.1%). No apparent differences ...
Regarding the risk of SH prescription renewal at discharge, a specific attention should be paid to patients discharged to rehabilitation facilities. In this population, the proportion of SH renewal at discharge reached 56.0% whereas it was 38.7% in patients discharged home. This could be explained ...
be assessed [3]. For patients who are highly catheter-dependent and have difficulty establishing new venous access, the value of retaining the catheter needs to be weighed against the other potential risks associated with thrombosis, and the catheter can be retained under close observation and ...
Finally, the prediction accuracy of 90.21% of the patients’ detected trough concentrations that were distributed in the target range of 10–20 μg/ml after dosing adjustment was found to be adequate. There is significant heterogeneity in the CL and V of vancomycin in ICU patients. The ...
A possible explanation could be that although we stratified the patients on severity level, all patients in- cluded in our study were hospitalized and therefore se- verely ill. The differences in disease severity might have been too subtle to correlate them to microbial compos- ition. In ...
A possible explanation could be that although we stratified the patients on severity level, all patients in- cluded in our study were hospitalized and therefore se- verely ill. The differences in disease severity might have been too subtle to correlate them to microbial compos- ition. In ...
Patients with HF and an acute infection were more likely to be admitted to an ICU compared to those without an acute infection [37.1% vs. 33.8%, OR 1.16 (1.13–1.19), p < 0.001]. The length of hospital stay was longer in those with an acute infection, with an absolute difference of...
REs were initially grouped randomly although some modifications to assignments had to be made to accommodate when the REs could change from morning shift (for breakfast) to afternoon shift (to be available for dinner). All of the patients used for this evaluation were part of the larger ...