… Patients who come into the hospital with suspected pneumonia now get an antibiotic within six hours, instead of four hours previously, to allow more time to assess the need for drugs.
One controversial strategy: fecal transplants. For one patient with recurrent C. diff, Kettering suggested a stool transplant from a relative, to help restore good bacteria in the gut. But Jeffrey Weinstein, an infectious-disease specialist at the hospital, says the patient “refused to consider it because it was so aesthetically displeasing.”
To say the least. Though some kinky folks might get off on it. It’s certainly a simple procedure compared to a heart or a kidney.
Some might argue that a lot of folks in Congress have already had the procedure done, except it was transplanted to the wrong location, considerably north of where it was supposed to go.
The common reaction to this is an understatement to say the least! Accord to Wiki, grain of salt of course, the ‘transplant’ is a series of enemas of filtered feces over a course of 5-10 days. Combined with pro-biotic bacteria inserted by an NG tube into the small intestine.
Disgusting and no fun but I would rather have this then some of the other potential treatments like removing the bowel.
“Some might argue that a lot of folks in Congress have already had the procedure done, except it was transplanted to the wrong location, considerably north of where it was supposed to go.”
Meee-Yowwwww. ;-p
That was one thing that I never understood about all those hospital sitcoms on the TV. They always show doctors, nurses, and interns running off to some closet or treatment area to fool around. Yea, lets strip our clothes off and roll around on a bed that had some homeless, AIDS infected, hepatitis carrying, MRSA patient sitting here a few moments ago. Sure thing!