https://novaprd-lb.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Index en-au 5 How I manage severe bacterial infections in people who inject drugs https://novaprd-lb.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:55728 Wed 19 Jun 2024 09:40:20 AEST ]]> Effectiveness of financial incentives on influenza vaccination among older adults in China: a randomized clinical trial https://novaprd-lb.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:56010 Wed 17 Jul 2024 15:16:17 AEST ]]> Universal Risk Factors for Mortality in Bloodstream Infections (UNIFORM): a systematic review and Delphi survey https://novaprd-lb.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:55014 500 participants. Exposures: Independently significant risk factors for all-cause, preferably 30-day, mortality. Data sources: PubMed was used to identify eligible studies published between 2000 and 2020. A Delphi survey among experts was used to evaluate and prioritize the factors identified by the systematic review. Risk of bias: SIGN checklist complemented by risk of bias assessment of the adjusted analysis. Data synthesis: Definite universal risk factors were defined as those assessed in >50% of all included studies and significant in >50% of those. Potential universal risk factors were defined as those significant in >50% of studies evaluating the factor and a subgroup analysis was performed for studies of Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia. Results: We included in the systematic review 62 studies, comprising more than 300,000 patients, from which a list of 17 risk factors was derived, whose association with all-cause mortality was statistically significant in most studies. The factors address baseline patient variables, the setting of infection acquisition, factors associated with the specific infection, the inflammatory response at onset of sepsis and management parameters where relevant. There were 14 risk factors for S. aureus bacteraemia. Conclusion: We identified a minimum set of universal factors to be collected, reported, and assessed, in all future studies evaluating factors associated with mortality in bacteraemia to improve study quality and harmonization.]]> Wed 03 Apr 2024 11:15:36 AEDT ]]> What do infectious diseases physicians do? A 2-week snapshot of inpatient consultative activities across Australia, New Zealand and Singapore https://novaprd-lb.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:18241 Tue 23 Jun 2015 18:44:00 AEST ]]> Safety of prolonged outpatient courses of intravenous antibiotics: a prospective cohort study https://novaprd-lb.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:48412 Thu 16 Mar 2023 14:03:58 AEDT ]]> TMPRSS2 inhibitors for the treatment of COVID-19 in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials of nafamostat and camostat mesylate https://novaprd-lb.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:55463 Mon 03 Jun 2024 10:08:13 AEST ]]> A double-blind randomized controlled trial of ibuprofen compared to placebo for uncomplicated cellulitis of the upper or lower limb https://novaprd-lb.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:34589 0.05). There was no significant difference in any secondary outcome. Ibuprofen appeared safe, with no patients developing renal impairment or necrotizing fasciitis. Conclusions: This trial demonstrated no significant benefit of adjunctive ibuprofen in adults with uncomplicated cellulitis. The trial was powered to detect a large effect, and hence it is unclear whether the 15% absolute increase in the primary end point in the ibuprofen group was attributable to chance.]]> Mon 01 Apr 2019 11:11:16 AEDT ]]> Unlocking the DOOR-how to design, apply, analyse, and interpret desirability of outcome ranking endpoints in infectious diseases clinical trials https://novaprd-lb.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:51333 Fri 01 Sep 2023 10:11:17 AEST ]]>