Plasma HCII activity may help predict early diabetic kidney disease
20 Jun 2021
In patients with diabetes, plasma heparin cofactor II (HCII) activity is inversely associated with glomerular injury and may serve as a biomarker for early-stage diabetic kidney disease, a new study has found.
Management of MDROs in the ICU and the role of newer antimicrobial agents
30 Mar 2021;
Intensive care unit (ICU) patients are at risk of developing serious infections with multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs), which require appropriate and adequate antibiotic coverage. Early empirical coverage is pivotal in saving patients’ lives. At a recent webinar co-organized by the Society of Infectious Disease (Singapore) and Pfizer, renowned Professor David Paterson, Professor of Medicine and Director, The University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research, and Consultant Infectious Diseases Physician, Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital, Brisbane, Australia, discussed the role of newer antimicrobial agents, including ceftazidime-avibactam (Zavicefta) in the management of MDROs in the ICU. Dr Wong Sin Yew, Infectious Disease Physician at Gleneagles Medical Centre and Mount Elizabeth Novena Specialist Centre, Singapore, chaired the event.
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