Life Expectancy Increases With Healthy Lifestyle When Free of Chronic Disease
Adults with 4 or 5 low-risk lifestyle factors have increased life expectancy when free of diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and cancer.
Preventive Medicine
Microbiologic Failure in the Setting of Clinical Cure of Bacterial Pneumonia
Microbiologic treatment failure was found to be independently associated with recurrent pneumonia or death among patients with bacterial pneumonia after clinical cure.
Varenicline Initially Improves Continuous Abstention in Smokers With COPD
Patients who smoked and were hospitalized for a COPD exacerbation had higher rates of continuous abstention when treated with both varenicline and intensive counseling compared with intensive counseling alone.
Updated Recommendations on the Use of Anthrax Vaccine in the United States
The CDC’s Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices updated recommendations regarding the use of anthrax vaccine in the US.
Biomarker-Guided Exclusion of VAP Does Not Reduce Antibiotic Use
Biomarker-guided exclusion of ventilator-associated pneumonia was not associated with a reduction in antibiotic use.
Novel Avian Influenza Vaccine Is Safe and Immunogenic
A new vaccine for the avian influenza A(H5N1) was shown to be safe and immunogenic.
Treating Colonized Parents May Lower S Aureus Transmission in NICU
Treatment for colonized parents included intranasal mupirocin and bathing with chlorhexidine-impregnated cloths.
Risk Factors of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia
Exposure to carbapenem and carboxypenicillin or ureidopenicillin during the week before onset of ventilator-associated pneumonia and the severity of disease with regard to respiratory and hematologic failures were independent risk factors for the occurrence of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia-related VAP.
Congress May Raise Age to Buy Tobacco Products to 21
A total of 19 states and the District of Columbia have already increased the age to buy tobacco products to 21.
Evidence Supports Perioperative Nicotine Replacement Therapy
Active smokers hospitalized for a major surgical procedure who started nicotine replacement therapy within 2 days of admission had similar outcomes as those who were not prescribed nicotine replacement therapy.
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