Publications by authors named "B Mark Landrum"
More than 75% of emergency physicians will be named in a malpractice suit over the course of their careers. When a case is brought to trial, it is the chart that will be the primary source of information, not the faded memories of an encounter that happened years in the past. Being mindful of all 3 audiences that the chart is generated for and developing techniques to adequately address all 3 should be the focus of the clinician when documenting a patient encounter.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIs neighborhood deprivation index a risk factor for Staphylococcus aureus infections?
Am J Infect Control
December 2023
Article Synopsis
- - The study analyzed the link between neighborhood deprivation and Staphylococcus aureus infections in hospitals in the mid-Atlantic from 2016 to 2018, focusing on both community-onset and hospital-onset cases.
- - Findings revealed that higher area deprivation index (ADI) scores correlated with an increased risk of methicillin-resistant (MRSA) and methicillin-sensitive (MSSA) infections, indicating that socioeconomic factors may play a significant role in these infections.
- - Racial factors were also examined, showing that Black patients had higher odds of hospital-onset MRSA, while Asian and unknown race patients showed lower odds for both community-onset MRSA and MSSA infections; however, when ADI was considered, the
Objectives: We designed this study to test whether clazakizumab, a direct interleukin-6 inhibitor, benefits patients hospitalized with severe or critical COVID-19 disease accompanied by hyperinflammation.
Design: Multicenter, randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled, seamless phase II/III trial.
Setting: Five U.
Background: Previous single-center studies suggest that exposure to a room previously occupied by a patient with CDI may increase the risk of CDI in subsequent patients. We evaluated the risk of previous room occupant on CDI risk across 5 adult hospitals.
Methods: This is a non-concurrent cohort study of adult inpatients admitted to 5 hospitals.
Objective: To evaluate the role of procalcitonin (PCT) results in antibiotic decisions for COVID-19 patients at hospital presentation.
Design, Setting, And Participants: Multicenter retrospective observational study of patients ≥18 years hospitalized due to COVID-19 at the Johns Hopkins Health system. Patients who were transferred from another facility with >24 hours stay and patients who died within 48 hours of hospitalization were excluded.