Pediatric RSV Hospitalizations Increased in 2021 to 2022 Season
Severity of illness remained similar to prepandemic seasons
Model Developed for Prioritizing Patients Waiting for Lung Transplant
Those who died on waiting list had lower numerical rankings ascribed by multistate model than Composite Allocation Score
No Universally Effective Model-Updating Approach Available in ICU Setting
A mortality prediction model lost 9 to 39 percent specificity after retraining once at a fixed sensitivity of 90 percent
Burnout Increasing Among Physicians in the United States
Burnout highest in women, primary care physicians, and physicians with ≤10 years of experience
Most Seniors With RSV-Linked Hospitalization Are Aged ≥75
And patients aged ≥60 years hospitalized with RSV are more likely to have severe illness than those with COVID-19, influenza
Sarcopenia Worsens Liver Transplant Outcomes for Patients With Cirrhosis
Sarcopenia tied to longer intensive care unit stay, more major complications, higher postoperative mortality
Chatbots Generate Mostly Accurate Information to Medical Queries
Chatbot-generated answers had high accuracy and completeness scores for physician-developed medical queries
More Than 75,000 Kaiser Permanente Union Workers Go on Strike
Workers are demanding the nation's largest nonprofit, private health care provider address low staffing levels
In-Hospital Mortality Evaluated for SARS-CoV-2-Linked Sepsis
March 2020 to November 2022 saw decline in crude in-hospital mortality for SARS-CoV-2-linked sepsis from 33.4 to 14.9 percent
Ceftobiprole Noninferior to Daptomycin for Complicated Staph Infection
Ceftobiprole noninferior for overall treatment success; findings consistent in key subgroups and for secondary outcomes