When patients need long-term treatment with IV antibiotics, hospitals usually let them do it at home — but not if they have a history of... The Case For Sending Drug Users Home From The Hospital With ...
For otherwise healthy children needing prolonged antibiotics after acute osteomyelitis, oral antibiotics may be just as effective as intravenous (IV) antibiotics, but with fewer complications, ...
Patients who need antibiotic treatment delivered intravenously in the weeks or months after being discharged from the hospital are typically allowed to go home with a medication pump and an open IV ...
Children with osteomyelitis -- a serious bacterial bone infection -- who were discharged from the hospital to complete several weeks of outpatient antibiotic therapy with an oral medication did not ...
The use of PICC lines in preterm infants increases the risk for systemic bacterial infections. The overall incidence of Catheter Related Bloodstream Infection (CRBSI) after PICC line removal is not ...
Two mornings a week, Arthur Jackson clears space on half of his cream-colored sofa. He sets out a few rolls of tape and some gauze, then waits for a knock on his front door. "This is Brenda's desk," ...
THURSDAY, Nov. 17, 2016 -- Antibiotics taken orally are as effective -- and doubtless much more welcome -- than intravenous antibiotics for children recovering at home from complex pneumonia, a new ...
Children with osteomyelitis (a serious bacterial bone infection) who were discharged from the hospital to complete several weeks of outpatient antibiotic therapy with an oral medication did not have a ...