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BACKGROUND
Bacteraemia is still a major cause of case fatality in all age groups. Our aim was to identify the major underlying conditions constituting risk factors for case fatality in bacteraemia patients.
METHODS
The study involved 149 patients (79 male and 70 female) with bacteraemia caused by
Background: A vancomycin target of area under the curve to minimum inhibitory concentration (AUC:MIC) ratio ≥400 is recommended for treatment of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteremia. Objective: To evaluate vancomycin total daily dose (TDD) achieving
Nine hundred sixty consecutive cardiac catheterization procedures were studied prospectively for the presence of periprocedural bacteremia. Overall, among 960 procedures, only 4 were associated with clinically significant bacteremia. All 4 were related to the intravenous line and none to the cardiac
BACKGROUND
The incidence of venous thromboembolism (VTE) is increasing among pediatric patients in the United States. Previous studies on obesity as a risk factor have produced mixed results.
METHODS
We completed a retrospective chart review of patients aged 2 to 18 years with VTE identified by
BACKGROUND
The impact of obesity on clinical outcomes and hospitalization costs in general surgery patients with and without diabetes (DM) is unknown.
METHODS
We reviewed medical records of 2451 patients who underwent gastrointestinal surgery at two university hospitals. Hyperglycemia was defined as
Background
Evidence on pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic (PK/PD) alterations and clinical outcomes in obese patients with serious infections remains limited. This study aimed to evaluate predicted PK/PD indices of efficacy and observed clinical outcomes between obese and nonobese
OBJECTIVE
Obesity is associated with increased risk of diabetes, hypertension and cardiovascular mortality. Several studies have reported increased length of hospital stay and complications; however, there are also reports of obesity having a protective effect on health, a phenomenon coined the
BACKGROUND
The aim of this study was to evaluate the association between obesity and infected bile or bacteremia in patients with acute calculous cholecystitis.
METHODS
Authors analyzed the medical records of 139 patients who had undergone cholecystectomy for the treatment of acute calculous
Ecthyma gangrenosum is a well recognized cutaneous manifestation of severe, invasive infection by Pseudomonas aeruginosa usually in immunocompromised and critically ill patients. This type of infection is usually fatal. Aeromonas infection is infrequently reported as the cause of ecthyma
BACKGROUND
Globicatella sanguinis is an uncommon pathogen that may be misdiagnosed as viridans group streptococci. We review the literature of Globicatella and report 2 clinical cases in which catalase-negative Gram-positive cocci resembling viridans group streptococci with elevated minimum
Obese patients with sepsis or septic shock may have altered vancomycin pharmacokinetics compared with the general population, which may result in improper dosing or inadequate drug concentrations. The objective of this study was to characterize vancomycin pharmacokinetics in obese BACKGROUND
There has been no consensus from previous studies of risk factors for surgical wound infections (SWI) and postoperative bacteraemia for patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery.
METHODS
Data on 15 potential risk factors were prospectively collected on all patients
With an increased prevalence of obesity in developed countries, associated chronic diseases rise in a parallel way. Morbidity secondary to overweight and obesity include type 2 diabetes, dislipemia, hypertension, heart disease, cerebrovascular disease, cholelithiasis, osteoarthritis, heart
OBJECTIVE
The potential additive effect of obesity on selected nutritional, immunologic, hormonal, and clinical outcome parameters was evaluated.
METHODS
Fifteen obese patients were randomly matched for age, percentage of burn, percentage of third-degree burn, and inhalation injury to 15 nonobese