Exploring Antibacterial Usage and Pathogen Surveillance over Five Years in a Tertiary Referral Teaching Hospital Adult General Intensive Care Unit (ICU).

Antimicrobial resistance is a globally recognised health emergency. Intensive care is an area with significant antimicrobial consumption, particularly increased utilisation of broad-spectrum antibacterials, making stewardship programmes essential. We aimed to explore antibacterial consumption, partnered with pathogen surveillance, over a five-year period (2018 to 2023) in a tertiary referral adult general intensive care unit (ICU).

Comparison of Large Language Models in Diagnosis and Management of Challenging Clinical Cases.

Purpose: Compare large language models (LLMs) in analyzing and responding to a difficult series of ophthalmic cases.

Design: A comparative case series involving LLMs that met inclusion criteria tested on twenty difficult case studies posed in open-text format.

Methods: Fifteen LLMs accessible to ophthalmologists were tested against twenty case studies published in JAMA Ophthalmology.

The Long-Term Agroecosystem Research (LTAR) network: Cross-site transdisciplinary science to support a sustainable and resilient agriculture.

The Long-Term Agroecosystem Research (LTAR) network is a collaborative initiative funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, aimed at advancing sustainable, resilient agriculture through coordinated research conducted on croplands, grazing lands, and integrated crop/livestock systems.

Assessing Private Equity Involvement in Ophthalmology: Parallels With the Past, Concerns for the Future.

Purpose: To discuss the history and current state of private equity in ophthalmology, and to explore potential implications for ophthalmology practices, physicians, and patients.

Design: Perspective.

Methods: Selected articles in ophthalmology and non-ophthalmology medical literature were reviewed, and commentary is provided based on the authors' experiences.

Characteristics, Management, and Outcomes of Acute Life-Threatening Asthma in Adult Intensive Care.

Background: There is limited evidence regarding the management of acute life-threatening asthma in intensive care units (ICUs), and few guidelines have details on this. We aimed to describe the characteristics, management, and outcomes of adults with life-threatening asthma requiring ICU admission.

Methods: In this single-centre retrospective observational study, we included consecutive adults with acute asthma requiring ICU admission between 1 January 2016 and 31 December 2023.