JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association
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Comparative Study Clinical Trial
Universal screening for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus at hospital admission and nosocomial infection in surgical patients.
Experts and policy makers have repeatedly called for universal screening at hospital admission to reduce nosocomial methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection. ⋯ A universal, rapid MRSA admission screening strategy did not reduce nosocomial MRSA infection in a surgical department with endemic MRSA prevalence but relatively low rates of MRSA infection.
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Comparative Study
Minimally interrupted cardiac resuscitation by emergency medical services for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.
Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest is a major public health problem. ⋯ Survival-to-hospital discharge of patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest increased after implementation of MICR as an alternate EMS protocol. These results need to be confirmed in a randomized trial.
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Editorial Comment
Adjuvant therapy for surgically resected pancreatic adenocarcinoma.