December 14, 2022
From pediatric to adult hospital care
Treating young adults with chronic childhood conditions poses challenges for hospitalists, whether they're trained in adult medicine or pediatrics.
Irony
An intern and an attending try to iron out a misunderstanding.
Latest COVID-19 studies look at proning awake patients, residual lung abnormalities
A meta-analysis found that prone positioning of awake patients reduced intubation rates but not mortality, while a postdischarge study estimated that about 11% of patients hospitalized for COVID-19 could have residual lung abnormalities.
AHA statement reviews efficacy, safety of CAM therapies in patients with heart failure
Potentially beneficial complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) therapies included omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids, coenzyme Q10, D-ribose, and L-carnitine, the American Heart Association (AHA) said.
Risk of pneumonia hospitalization lower in older patients who got pneumococcal conjugate vaccine
Medicare beneficiaries ages 65 years or older with and without underlying medical conditions were less likely to be hospitalized for pneumonia if they had received the 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, a study found.
SDOH data collected for varied reasons including curriculum development, quality improvement
A review found that food security or malnutrition was the social determinant of health (SDOH) most commonly screened for among patients hospitalized on medicine services, followed by housing, transportation, employment, education, income, functional status and disability, and social support.