Aaron Oliver

Prophylactic Antibiotics for Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding in Patients With Cirrhosis This systematic review and meta-analysis evaluates the evidence supporting the current guidelines antibiotic prophylaxis use in patients with cirrhosis and upper gastrointestinal bleeding.

International guidelines recommend 5 to 7 days of antibiotic prophylaxis for patients with cirrhosis & upper GI bleeding.
🆕🔥Systematic Review ( 14 RCTs, N=1322) & Bayesian Meta-Analysis challenged this universally held dogma #idsky
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RFK Jr cancels $500m in mRNA vaccine development in the US - BBC News Since taking office, the vaccine sceptic has made a number of changes to how vaccines are regulated.

News item: RFK Jr replaces handle on Broad Street pump

AMA and other medical associations are kicked out of CDC vaccine workgroups U.S. health officials have told more than a half-dozen of the nation’s top medical organizations that they will no longer help establish vaccination recommendations.

Experts, including the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Infectious Diseases Society of America, have been kicked out of workgroups that help advise about national vaccine policy.

GenCon 2025 evaluation: 9.5/10 - a dozen new games played, got a beautiful liquid-core dice set. Unfortunately, the GM was unable to make it to the gut microbiome game play-test event that I was most excited to try. Life happens, I look forward to the opportunity to give it a try after release!🦠