An international task force has come up with a new definition of sepsis that could cut the infection risk. The task force, led by doctors at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and the ...
A rise in periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) rates has the orthopedic community moving to develop it's first-ever agreed upon definition and diagnostic criteria to help better treat patients. The ...
Until the early 20th century, the human life expectancy was less than 50 years, and infections were often fatal. Only in the past century have humans, on average, lived long enough for cardiovascular ...
Results from the Musculoskeletal Infection Society Annual Meeting showed the 2018 International Consensus Meeting definition for periprosthetic joint infection had poor accuracy in identifying ...
It’s almost impossible to avoid viruses and bacteria, but certain risk factors increase your chances of developing acute respiratory infection. The immune systems of children and older adults are more ...
A lack of consensus for the term “immunocompromised” suggests that studies demonstrating the effectiveness of infection prevention in surgical patients at a high risk of wound infection may have ...
Unraveling mechanisms underlying post-acute SARS-CoV-2 sequelae (long COVID) and finding therapeutic solutions require a full understanding of the causative role of SARS-CoV-2 persistence and/or ...
Predictive Value of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer/American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society Classification of Lung Adenocarcinoma in Tumor Recurrence and ...
IOWA CITY, Iowa--(BUSINESS WIRE)--DASH Analytics LLC, makers of the High Definition Care Platform©, announced today that their machine learning technology was chosen for a CDC Epicenters Program ...
Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Have you ever asked a medical student or resident to define periprosthetic joint infection? Most students would ...
A Musculoskeletal Infection Society working group led by Javad Parvizi, MD, director of research at the Rothman Institute at Jefferson, has proposed criteria that would make way for a new definition ...