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3 Feb, 26
This IDSA guideline outlines evidence‑based empiric and definitive antibiotic selection for complicated UTI, emphasizing severity‑based therapy, resistance risk assessment, patient‑specific factors, and stewardship‑driven narrowing once cultures return.
3 Feb, 26
This IDSA guideline reviews evidence on IV‑to‑oral antibiotic transition in complicated UTI, outlining when clinically improving patients may safely switch to effective oral agents to reduce IV‑related risks, costs, and hospitalization.
11 Feb, 26
Diabetes Obes Metab.
- The link between time in target range for BMI (TTR-BMI) was evaluated in a pooled analysis of 9167 adults aged ≥45 y
- A higher TTR-BMI reduced cardiometabolic multimorbidity (CMM), each 1-SD rise in TTR-BMI lowered CMM risk by ~10%, “always in range” (TTR=1) had 23.8% lower CMM risk
- The inverse link was most explicit particularly in those with coexisting diabetes & dyslipidemia (HR 0.76), in men & in those ≥60 y.
11 Feb, 26J Crit Care.
- Fast serum sodium (SNa) correction (>0.5 mmol/L/h) within the first 24 h in critically ill patients with severe hypernatremia reduced 30 day mortality (HR 0.49) and improved 30-day hospital free survival (HR 1.75) vs. slow SNa correction (≤0.5 mmol/L/h)
- It also shortened ICU stay (4 vs 5 days, p = 0.002) and hospital length of stay (8 vs 11 days, p = 0.01)
10 Feb, 26Pediatr Infect Dis J...
- Pediatric rhinovirus infections rose nearly three-fold across two seasons (2024 to 2025: 0.42 vs. 1.22 cases/day), but clinical severity remained stable
- Fever, cough and rhinorrhea and antibiotic use declined (60% to 48.9%)
- Hospitalization rates were unchanged, chest X ray use (34.8% to 49.7%) and coinfections increased (3.5% to 10.2%) but did not affect outcomes.
9 Feb, 26Respir Med
- COPD and heart failure frequently coexist but remain undiagnosed
- In specialized clinics, unrecognized HF in COPD was 26.1%, and unrecognized COPD in HF was 26.8% and these patients were older, mostly male, and heavy smokers
- Abnormal echocardiography/spirometry increased exacerbation like events (1.3 vs 0.6 in COPD; 16.7% vs 6.3% in HF)
- No specific biomarkers reliably distinguished overlap disease.
In this webcast, the speakers have discussed the FOT Essentials and Basics, Interpretation Secrets and Advanced applications, different adult & pediatric case studies presented during the session and how Oscillometry revolutionized the diagnosis.
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