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Patients treated by advanced nurse practitioners in an Irish emergency department injuries service reported high levels of satisfaction and patient enablement. Communication quality was associated with both outcomes, although the study design did not establish causality.

An Arizona toddler was pronounced dead following resuscitation efforts and later discovered alive in a hospital morgue hours afterward. The unusual case has prompted investigation into death determination, communication, and post-resuscitation safety processes.

Health officials are monitoring a multistate increase in Cyclospora infections associated with prolonged diarrheal illness and suspected foodborne exposure.

A randomized noninferiority trial found that oral fosfomycin matched continued intravenous therapy in stabilized patients with ESBL complicated UTIs after 3 to 7 days of initial IV treatment.

A malpractice case involving missed postoperative decline highlights failures to act on evolving infection and organ dysfunction trends following abdominal surgery.

A physician associate in an understaffed emergency department diagnosed a patient’s severe back pain as sciatica after a CT scan read as normal. Five days later, a different clinician identified a perirectal abscess that had already progressed to require multiple surgeries.