Infections, Hospitalizations, and Deaths Among US Nursing Home Residents With vs Without a SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine Booster | Geriatrics | JAMA Network Open | JAMA Network
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2799266
Summary of Revisions: Standards of Care in Diabetes—2023 | Diabetes Care | American Diabetes Association
https://diabetesjournals.org/care/article/46/Supplement_1/S5/148048/Summary-of-Revisions-Standards-of-Care-in-Diabetes
Nursing home residents with suspected urinary tract infections: a diagnostic accuracy study – PubMed
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35255822/
Tried-and-true apprenticeship program offers window into potential staffing solution
https://www.mcknights.com/news/tried-and-true-apprenticeship-program-offers-window-into-potential-staffing-solution/
Private Practice Dentists Improve Antibiotic Use After Dental Antibiotic Stewardship Education From Infectious Diseases Experts | Open Forum Infectious Diseases | Oxford Academic
https://academic.oup.com/ofid/article/9/8/ofac361/6649734?login=false CDC Checklist for Antibiotic Prescribing in Dentistry Study on Antibiotic Use Interventions in Private Practice Dentistry -Table 1 has an overview of resources that address antibiotic prescribing in dentistry…
Influenza is everywhere!
As the map below shows, it doesn’t get much worse for influenza (and RSV) in Colorado. Well, I hope not anyway. We have upticks in Influenza, COVID, and RSV all…
Surrogate decision making
Two basic ideas a. Substituted judgement b. Best interest for patient Issues: o Bias. Personal interests may interfere with the ability to make the decision that the patient may have…
11_30_2022 RLTCF SNF_ICF Slides.pdf – Google Drive
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mm8FljratotclHqCZ8Id93AsWTGP7rKC/view
Myocarditis after mRNA COVID vaccine risk real, but rare in young men | CIDRAP
https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2022/11/myocarditis-after-mrna-covid-vaccine-risk-real-rare-young-men A new large Canadian study shows a small but significant increased risk in myocarditis among young men who get mRNA COVID-19 vaccines, especially the second dose of the Moderna…
Study ties Paxlovid to lower COVID-19 hospitalization rate | CIDRAP
https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2022/11/study-ties-paxlovid-lower-covid-19-hospitalization-rate Adult US COVID-19 patients who received the antiviral drug Paxlovid within 5 days after diagnosis had a 51% lower hospitalization rate than nonrecipients, according to an observational study yesterday…