Alton’s Antibiotics and Infectious Disease: The Layman’s Guide to Available Antibacterials in Austere Settings

Alton’s Antibiotics and Infectious Disease: The Layman’s Guide to Available Antibacterials in Austere Settings

Alton's Antibiotics and Infectious Disease is a unique simplified guide to using antibacterial and antifungal veterinary medications. It is meant to help the non-medical professional in disaster, survival, and other austere... read more

Severe SARS-CoV-2 Infections: Practical Considerations for Intensivists

Severe SARS-CoV-2 Infections: Practical Considerations for Intensivists

On December 31, 2019, China reported cases of respiratory illness in humans appearing first in Wuhan, Hubei Province, that involved a novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 (aka 2019-nCoV). This new emergency is a zoonotic disease... read more

COVID-19 Webinar

COVID-19 Webinar

Access the recording and hear the discussions which give clear insight into the situation in China and Europe, advice on how hospitals should respond and what can be learned from the experience in Mainland China. Guest... read more

Critical Care Response to a Hospital Outbreak of the 2019-nCoV Infection in Shenzhen, China

Critical Care Response to a Hospital Outbreak of the 2019-nCoV Infection in Shenzhen, China

Beginning at early December 2019, there is an outbreak of a novel 2019-nCoV in Wuhan, China. Then, Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) was declared on 30 January 2020, by the World Health Organization... read more

New Genomic Tests Aim to Diagnose Deadly Infections Faster

New Genomic Tests Aim to Diagnose Deadly Infections Faster

Rapid genomic tests are poised to change the way doctors diagnose and treat infections, but their cost may limit widespread use. Ryan Springer's mystery illness began last summer with a dull ache in his chest. Over the... read more

Empirical Anti-MRSA Therapy Not Associated with Reduced Mortality for Patients with Pneumonia

Empirical Anti-MRSA Therapy Not Associated with Reduced Mortality for Patients with Pneumonia

This study suggests that empirical anti-MRSA therapy was not associated with reduced mortality for any group of patients hospitalized for pneumonia. These results contribute to a growing body of evidence that questions the... read more

Guidelines for the Management of Septic Shock and Sepsis-Associated Organ Dysfunction in Children

Guidelines for the Management of Septic Shock and Sepsis-Associated Organ Dysfunction in Children

A large cohort of international experts was able to achieve consensus regarding many recommendations for the best care of children with sepsis, acknowledging that most aspects of care had relatively low quality of evidence... read more

Should We Treat Fever in Critically Ill Patients Without Acute Brain Pathology?

Should We Treat Fever in Critically Ill Patients Without Acute Brain Pathology?

In one of the sessions at #LIVES2019 in Berlin, Prof. Frank Van Haren of Canberra Hospital, Australia, presented findings from the Randomised Evaluation of Active Control of Temperature versus Ordinary Temperature Management... read more

ICU Bloodstream Infections Reduced by 80 Percent

ICU Bloodstream Infections Reduced by 80 Percent

Bloodstream infections acquired in UK Intensive Care Units (ICUs) reduced by 80% between 2007 and 2012, according to research funded by Biomedical Research Centres (BRC). The findings are based on data collected from over... read more

Early Identification of Disease Progression in Patients with Suspected Infection Presenting to the ED

Early Identification of Disease Progression in Patients with Suspected Infection Presenting to the ED

In patients presenting to the emergency department (ED) with a suspected infection, the blood biomarker MR-proADM could most accurately identify the likelihood of further disease progression. Incorporation into an early sepsis... read more

Clinical Characteristics of Patients With 2019 Novel Coronavirus

Clinical Characteristics of Patients With 2019 Novel Coronavirus

In this single-center case series of 138 hospitalized patients with confirmed 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV)–infected pneumonia (NCIP) in Wuhan, China, presumed hospital-related transmission of 2019-nCoV was suspected... read more

Molecular Biology of the SARS-Coronavirus

Molecular Biology of the SARS-Coronavirus

SARS was the first new plague of the twenty-first century. Within months, it spread worldwide from its "birthplace" in Guangdong Province, China, affecting over 8,000 people in 25 countries and territories across five continents.... read more

2019 Novel Coronavirus Stakeholder Listening Session Transcript

2019 Novel Coronavirus Stakeholder Listening Session Transcript

In response to the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak, the federal government is taking steps to protect the country. Within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Office of the Assistant Secretary... read more

How Do We Test for Coronavirus?

How Do We Test for Coronavirus?

Centers for Disease Control (CDC), published methodology for 2019-Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) testing and is currently in the process of applying for an emergency waiver to allow medical-testing facilities to perform these... read more