Success rates of decolonisation treatment and risk factors for chronic carriage in methicillin-resistant throat carriers: a retrospective population-based cohort study.

Background: Throat carriage of methicillin-resistant (MRSA) has previously been associated with lower decolonisation treatment success rates.

Objectives: To characterise decolonisation treatment and outcome in Danish MRSA throat carriers.

Methods: This retrospective population-based cohort study included MRSA throat carriers between July, 2018 and June, 2019, in the Capital Region of Denmark.

Can Big Data Solve Small Problems? Paper Use in a Paperless Hospital.

A "Big Data" approach was used in part to study the use of printed paper in a 700 bed paperless hospital, in part to study the usefulness of the approach. Between 1,2 and 1,5 million pages were printed each month, corresponding to 10% of a citizens' monthly paper use. The identified use of printed paper did not seem to be high compared to other organisations.

Elderly patients with community-acquired pneumonia are not treated according to current guidelines.

Introduction: Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in elderly patients, and the most important cause of death in the developed world. Optimised treatment and care will benefit patients as well as the health economy. This study investigated in-hospital compliance with guidelines for treatment and care of patients with CAP.

Cardiomyocytes from postinfarction failing rat hearts have improved ischemia tolerance.

Altered myocardial Ca(2+) and Na(+) handling in congestive heart failure (CHF) may be expected to decrease the tolerance to ischemia by augmenting reperfusion Ca(2+) overload. The aim of the present study was to investigate tolerance to hypoxia-reoxygenation by measuring enzyme release, cell death, ATP level, and cell Ca(2+) and Na(+) in cardiomyocytes from failing rat hearts. CHF was induced in Wistar rats by ligation of the left coronary artery during isoflurane anesthesia, after which cardiac failure developed within 6 wk.