April 6, 2022
Ease up on antipsychotics
Antipsychotics started for an episode of agitation in the ICU are often continued through hospitalization and even after discharge, posing serious health risks to patients, experts say.
Where's my patient?
Real-time location services are gaining traction as a tool for finding equipment and patients in the hospital.
Cardiac societies issue new joint guideline on management of heart failure
The updated guideline recommends sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors for many heart failure patients, regardless of their diabetes status, among other changes.
Rapid testing of health care workers with COVID-19 found many still positive at day 5
Rapid antigen testing for SARS-CoV-2 could be a safe and effective method for guiding return to work, according to the authors of a retrospective study of health care personnel infected in January.
Timely follow-up after hospitalization may reduce disparities in readmissions
In a retrospective cohort study of Medicare beneficiaries, follow-up within seven days of discharge was associated with reduced 30-day readmissions and was predicted to help mitigate higher readmission rates among Black and dual-eligible patients.
Extra postdischarge COPD care review improved quality of life, not other outcomes
Personalized treatment recommendations delivered to primary care clinicians after patients' hospitalization for a chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbation did not appear to affect rates of mortality or readmissions.