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Infants with UTI do not have an increased risk of bacterial meningitis
Febrile infants with positive urinalysis results do not have a higher risk of bacterial meningitis than those with negative urinalysis results,...
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Keep antibiotics unchanged in breakthrough UTIs
Risk of a second resistant urinary tract infection was not increased by changing continuous antibiotics in children.
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Missed visits during pandemic cause ‘detrimental ripple effects’
ACP president says doctors are already seeing the consequences of postponing care.
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Further warning on SGLT2 inhibitor use and DKA risk in COVID-19
Five new cases of euglycemic diabetic ketoacidosis seen in T2D patients with acute COVID-19 illness.
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New eGFR equation ‘less biased’ by age, kidney function; some disagree
The European Kidney Function Consortium equation surpasses existing equations by "resulting in generally lower bias across the spectrum of age and...
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Deaths sky high in hospitalized COVID patients with kidney injury
“We may be facing an epidemic of post–COVID-19 kidney disease and that, in turn, could mean much greater numbers of patients who require kidney...
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Real-world data show SGLT2 inhibitors for diabetes triple DKA risk
The findings are based on the use of three different SGLT2 inhibitors in Canada and the United Kingdom.
From the Journals
Where does dexamethasone fit in with diabetic ketoacidosis in COVID-19?
Author of new article discussing considerations around diabetic ketoacidosis in the setting of COVID-19 also speaks to the findings this week that...
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Large COVID-19 dataset: Kidney injury in >35% of those in hospital
The clearest risk factors for the development of AKI were “the need for ventilator support or vasopressor drug treatment.”
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Children with resistant UTIs unexpectedly may respond to discordant antibiotics
A low rate of care escalation and high rate of clinical improvement suggest this may be a reasonable approach until urine culture sensitivities...