In a randomized controlled trial, early postnatal prophylactic granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor corrected neutropenia but did not reduce sepsis risk or improve survival and short-term outcomes in extremely preterm neonates. Medscape Medical News
The study in this review prompted the FDA to issue a warning for the increased mortality associated with tigecycline in patients with severe infections. Faculty of 1000 Medicine
Summaries from NINR focus on suicide in young people, nurses working in LTC, discussing end of life with critically ill patients, and pain management in patients with cancer. Medscape Nurses
This is an exceptionally important study, the first to demonstrate that tranexamic acid, a cheap anti-fibrinolytic drug, significantly reduces mortality in adult trauma patients. Faculty of 1000 Medicine
The use of cardioselective beta-blockers can improve survival in "carefully selected" COPD patients undergoing vascular surgery, according to a report in the first October issue of the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. Reuters Health Information