Background Predictors associated with the decision of blood culture ordering among
hospitalized patients with abnormal body temperature are still underexplored, particularly …

Objective: Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) can be overdiagnosed on the basis of
positive respiratory cultures in the absence of clinical findings of pneumonia. We determined …

Bloodstream infections (BSI) are associated with high mortality. Therefore, reliable methods
of detection are of paramount importance. Efficient strategies to improve diagnostic yield of …

Background Scant data exists to guide the work-up for fever in hospitalized patients, and
little is known about what diagnostic tests medicine residents order for such patients. We …

Background: Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) may be misdiagnosed if testing is
performed in the absence of signs or symptoms of disease. This study sought to support …

Objective: To examine practices of providers and nursing staff in evaluating febrile patients
and identify drivers of excessive diagnostic testing. Design: Prospective multiple-choice …

Background: Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) may be misdiagnosed if testing is
performed in the absence of signs or symptoms of disease. This study sought to support …

A 55-year-old man with acute myeloid leukemia presented to the emergency department
(ED) with a chief complaint of fever. Five days previously, he had recently completed his …

According to the last AHPRA Medical Training Survey, a third of doctors in training had
experienced or witnessed bullying, harassment or discrimination in the workplace (1). The …