AHA Guidance on Infective Endocarditis With Injection Drug Use AHA Guidance on Infective Endocarditis With Injection Drug Use
The AHA stresses in a new statement that managing IE in people who inject drugs is complex and requires a unique multidisciplinary approach that includes consultation with an addiction specialist.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Psychiatry Headlines)
Source: Medscape Psychiatry Headlines - September 1, 2022 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Cardiology News Source Type: news
AHA Addresses Infective Endocarditis in Injection Drug Users
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 31, 2022 -- For infective endocarditis cases among people who inject drugs, management is complex and requires a unique approach involving multiple specialists, including addiction-trained clinicians, according to a scientific... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - August 31, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Antibiotics Before Dentist; ICD/CRT-D Recall; More Transcatheter Firsts
(MedPage Today) -- Observational data support antibiotics before invasive dental procedures for a reduction in infective endocarditis among high-risk individuals. (Journal of the American College of Cardiology)
Risk of myocarditis after COVID... (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - August 24, 2022 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Endocarditis Tied to Whopping Mortality Risk Within Years
(MedPage Today) -- Danish hospitals logged alarmingly high mid-term mortality rates in infective endocarditis (IE) despite improvements in identifying culprit pathogens in recent years, sending a warning to other centers worldwide.
The IE death... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - August 10, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Quality appraisal of antibiotic prophylaxis guidelines to prevent infective endocarditis following dental procedures: a systematic review
Conclusion: three out of four CPGs support that the benefits of prevention of infective endocarditis outweigh the risks of antibiotic resistance. (Source: Dental Technology Blog)
Source: Dental Technology Blog - August 2, 2022 Category: Dentistry Source Type: news
Diabetes Dints Long-Term Survival After Endocarditis Surgery Diabetes Dints Long-Term Survival After Endocarditis Surgery
A retrospective, observational analysis of patients who had valve surgery for infective endocarditis at a single Israeli center showed that having diabetes significantly increased mortality.First Look (Source: Medscape Cardiology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Cardiology Headlines - March 16, 2022 Category: Cardiology Tags: Diabetes & Endocrinology News Source Type: news
Factors that affect dentists' use of antibiotic prophylaxis: Findings from a The National Dental Practice-Based Research Network questionnaire
Conclusions: Dentists ' AP decision making seems most influenced by official guidelines, scientific literature, and advice from a physician or medical specialist.Practical implications: These results suggest that one of the most effective means for promoting concordance of dentists clinical practice with the scientific basis for AP is to emphasize the importance and clarity of American Heart Association and American Dental Association recommendations and antimicrobial stewardship regarding prevention of infective endocarditis and prosthetic joint infections. (Source: Dental Technology Blog)
Source: Dental Technology Blog - March 15, 2022 Category: Dentistry Source Type: news
Treatment Strategy Studied for Drug Use - Linked Infective Endocarditis
Clinical outcomes and cost - effectiveness of simulated treatment strategies for injection drug use - linked IE compared in modeling study (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Psychiatry)
Source: The Doctors Lounge - Psychiatry - March 14, 2022 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Cardiology, Infections, Internal Medicine, Pharmacy, Psychiatry, Journal, Source Type: news
Treatment Strategy Studied for Drug Use-Linked Infective Endocarditis
MONDAY, March 14, 2022 -- A modeling study suggests that incorporating outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) or partial oral antibiotic approaches along with addiction care services in the treatment of patients with injection drug... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - March 14, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Systemic infections associated with tattoos or permanent makeup: A systematic review.
Conclusions: Bacterial bloodstream infections should be considered in subjects developing fever and rigour after tattoos, regardless of local symptoms. A shift in causative organisms has been documented, when comparing with historical reports. NTM are emerging organisms causing lymphadenopathy. Strict hygiene conditions are essential when performing a tattoo. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - March 2, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Take-home antibiotic therapies may improve health outcomes, lower costs, for patients with drug use-associated infective endocarditis
Often fatal, endocarditis remains a dangerous but largely unknown health threat for people who inject drugs. (Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases)
Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases - February 28, 2022 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Take-home antibiotic therapies may improve health outcomes, lower costs, for patients with drug use-associated infective endocarditis
Often fatal, endocarditis remains a dangerous but largely unknown health threat for people who inject drugs (Source: NIDA News)
Source: NIDA News - February 28, 2022 Category: Addiction Tags: News Release, Evidence-Based Practices, Harm Reduction, Treatment Source Type: news
Dalbavancin, oritavancin preferred options for treating infective endocarditis in persons who inject drugs
(Source: PharmacoEconomics and Outcomes News)
Source: PharmacoEconomics and Outcomes News - June 1, 2021 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news
Infective Endocarditis With Stroke Post-TAVR:'Dismal' Prognosis Infective Endocarditis With Stroke Post-TAVR:'Dismal' Prognosis
The first study to focus on this complication in a large multicenter cohort has found that two thirds of patients die within a year.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Cardiology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Cardiology Headlines - May 6, 2021 Category: Cardiology Tags: Neurology & Neurosurgery News Source Type: news
