Blood Culture Positivity and Clinical Correlates of Bloodstream Infections in Post-cardiac Surgery Patients.

Objective: To describe the positivity rate of blood cultures in postoperative cardiac surgical patients and identify clinical variables associated with bloodstream infection (BSI).

Design: Retrospective cohort study.

Setting: Single center.

Acute Respiratory Failure Complicating Endoscopic Sleeve Gastroplasty: A Case Report.

Endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty (ESG) is a safe and minimally invasive procedure for the treatment of obesity. We report the case of a patient with obesity who underwent ESG complicated by postprocedural respiratory failure. During the procedure, she developed a Pao2/fraction of inspired oxygen (Fio2) ratio that necessitated postoperative mechanical ventilation.