Amol and Nathan want you to understand the following:
1. A short duration (4 days) of antibiotics for intra-abdominal sepsis was equivalent to a longer duration (approx. 8 days) of antibiotics for intra-abdominal sepsis after an appropriate source control procedure.
2. A population-based cohort study of elderly patients showed that lipid lowering therapy for primary prevention was associated with no improvement in rates of coronary heart disease and a 30% relative reduction in the risk of strokes, which differs from clinical trial data and suggests further trials are necessary in elderly patients.
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The papers
STOP-IT Trial of antibiotics for intra-abdominal sepsis
A population-based cohort study of lipid lowering therapy in older adults
