Antibiotics Unnecessary in Coagulase-Negative Staphylococci Catheter-Related BSI
Study findings indicated that withholding antimicrobial therapy in CoNS-CRBSI is neither associated with short-term complications nor with long-term recurrences.
Patients not receiving antibiotics for catheter-related bloodstream infections (CRBSI) with coagulase-negative Staphylococci (CoNS) after catheter removal experience similar short-term complications and long-term recurrences to patients receiving ≥5 days of antibiotic therapy, according study results published in Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control.
ICU Patients with Non-Brain-Related Injuries May Suffer Undetected Cognitive Dysfunction
Many patients spend time in the ICU for reasons that have nothing to do with a known brain injury, and most health care providers and caregivers don't have any evidence to believe there is an issue with the brain. For example, a patient may have had a traumatic injury that does not involve the brain, yet still requires breathing support to enable surgeons to fix damaged organs, they may have issues with their heart or lungs, they may contract a serious infection, or they may simply be recovering from a surgical procedure like an organ transplant that has nothing directly to do with their brain.
