Joe’s Top 7 Articles from the Week of September 19th [Literature Digest]

I review almost two dozen journals every week so you don’t have to! Every Monday I will provide a members-only curated digest of new critical care pharmacy literature.  This week’s 7 articles cover:

1. Every other day chlorhexidine baths reduced infections in surgical ICU patients

2. A review of the treatment of spontaneous ICH

3. How does your attitude about palliative care in ICU match up with 300 other clinicians?

4. New IDSA guidelines on treatment of drug-susceptible Tuberculosis

5. More evidence that “penicillin allergy” history should be thoroughly investigated

6. A way to predict whether bacteremia is due to ESBL

7.  Have your lab call lactate as a “critical result” to improve sepsis care