New Infection Prevention and Control Guidelines Emphasize Surveillance, Antimicrobial Stewardship, and ICU-Focused Infection Control Written By Aditi Dhingra24 March 2026 10:30 AM ISTNew Delhi: The recently released draft of updated Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) guidelines from Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute of Medical...
Sepsis linked to nearly 1 in 5 pediatric hospital deaths in the US, finds JAMA study Written By Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli23 March 2026 10:00 PM ISTNearly 1 in 5 pediatric hospital deaths in the United States involve sepsis, according to a new national study published March 22 in JAMA. The study...
Intravenous (IV) Human Albumin in Critical Care: When, Why & Which? Written By Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli23 March 2026 11:05 AM ISTIntravenous (IV) Human Albumin in Critical Care: When, Why & Which? Intravenous (IV) human albumin plays a well-established role in critical care...
Local Anesthesia Safer than GA for Burr Hole Surgery in Chronic Subdural Hematoma: Study Written By Medha Baranwal23 March 2026 9:45 AM ISTGermany: Researchers have discovered in a new study that among patients with chronic subdural hematoma undergoing burr hole craniotomy, local...
Prehospital Whole Blood Transfusion Offers No Survival Benefit versus Component Therapy in Traumatic Hemorrhage: SWiFT Trial Written By Medha Baranwal21 March 2026 9:15 AM ISTUK: The SWiFT trial has found that prehospital transfusion of whole blood did not improve survival or reduce massive transfusion rates compared to...
Hypercalcemia After Trauma Linked to Higher Mortality Despite Lower Prevalence: JAMA Written By Medha Baranwal20 March 2026 9:00 PM ISTUSA: Researchers have discovered in a cohort study of trauma patients that hypercalcemia was less frequent than hypocalcemia but was associated with...
Linezolid Comparable to Clindamycin in Severe or Necrotizing SSTIs, Suggests Study Written By Medha Baranwal20 March 2026 8:45 PM ISTUSA: Researchers have found in a new study that linezolid and clindamycin show similar effectiveness in treating severe or necrotizing skin and soft...
CT Feature Patterns Help Improve Identification of Fibrotic Interstitial Lung Disease: CARE-PF Analysis Written By Medha Baranwal19 March 2026 9:00 PM ISTCanada: Radiologists should pay close attention to disease distribution and specific distinguishing imaging features when interpreting CT scans for...
Indian Hospitals Face 34 Percent Medication Error Rate: New Systematic Evidence Written By Aashi verma19 March 2026 11:45 AM ISTA recent systematic literature review has unveiled a startling 34.11% median incidence rate of medication errors in Indian hospitals, prompting a...
Acute Kidney Injury Frequent Complication After Radical Nephrectomy and IVC Thrombectomy, Finds Study Written By Medha Baranwal17 March 2026 8:30 PM ISTUSA: Researchers have found in a new study that acute kidney injury (AKI) is a frequent complication following radical nephrectomy with inferior vena...
Early Versus Late Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: CRM, May 2025 Finds Written By Aashi verma16 March 2026 1:21 PM ISTA recent retrospective study found that performing Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (CTO-PCI) within 45 days of an Acute...
Continuous Glucose Monitoring may provide reliabile blood sugar level in Critical Patients in ICU: Study Written By Dr. Shravani Dali16 March 2026 9:15 AM ISTResearchers have found in a new study that continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) in the ICU appears to provide reliable glucose readings in selected...
