Government health spending seen hitting $1.8 trillion
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Government spending for Medicare, Medicaid and other healthcare programs will more than double over the next decade to $1.8 trillion, or 7.3 percent of the country's total economic output, congressional researchers said on Tuesday. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Short Course of Antibiotics Insufficient for VAPShort Course of Antibiotics Insufficient for VAP
Eight days of antimicrobial therapy for ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) are not enough when the infecting pathogens are nonlactose-fermenting Gram-negative bacilli. Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)