Best Practices

Practice Issues: Cranberries for UTI prophylaxis

Study measures effectiveness of cranberries in treating recurrent urinary tract infections.
Clinical Notes: 2011/12 Canadian influenza vaccine guidelines

Includes recommendations for use of all eight influenza vaccines authorized in Canada.
Practice Issues: Conveying risk/benefit data to patients

What is the best way to communicate data about the benefits and harms of treatment?
Clinical Notes: Saw palmetto ineffective for LUTS

Use of increasing doses of fruit extract does not reduce lower urinary tract symptoms more than placebo, study finds.
Saw palmetto offers no help for enlarged prostate
Biking ability, parkinsonism diagnosis tied
Recommended treatment for C. difficile questioned

Guidelines released last year by the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) for the treatment of Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea called for the use of metronidazole for mild to moderate illness and oral vancomycin for severe illness.
Proton pump inhibitor use linked to C. diff

Adding NP to hospital staff reduces unnecessary emerge visits: study