Search results for "researchers"
Few guidelines address inpatient blood pressure management
A search of current guidelines did not find any recommended goals for inpatient blood pressure or any recommendations on how to manage asymptomatic moderately elevated blood pressure in the hospital.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/04/03/few-guidelines-address-inpatient-blood-pressure-management.htm
3 Apr 2024
Patient, family engagement may help reduce falls during hospitalization
Implementation of the Fall Tailoring Interventions for Patient Safety toolkit was associated with a 15% overall adjusted reduction in falls and an adjusted 34% reduction in injurious falls among adult inpatients at three U.S. academic medical centers.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/11/25/5.htm
25 Nov 2020
Inappropriate CAP diagnosis common in hospitalized adults
A prospective cohort study of 48 hospitals in Michigan found that 12% of patients hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) appeared to have been diagnosed incorrectly and that of these, 87.6% received a full course of antibiotics.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/03/27/inappropriate-cap-diagnosis-common-in-hospitalized-adults.htm
27 Mar 2024
Injection drug use-associated infective endocarditis carries higher risk of systemic emboli
An international cohort study found that mortality rates were lower when infective endocarditis was associated with injection drug use compared to other causes, and these patients, who were typically young and healthy, less often underwent cardiac surgery.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/02/03/4.htm
3 Feb 2021
Early treatment with spironolactone not effective for new-onset acute HF
Patients with acute heart failure (HF) who received spironolactone at discharge did not have a lower risk for HF readmission or mortality over the next year but were at higher risk for hyperkalemia, a retrospective cohort study in U.S. hospitals found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/03/06/early-treatment-with-spironolactone-not-effective-for-new-onset-acute-hf.htm
6 Mar 2024
Residents may misjudge faculty, patient attitudes toward high-value, cost-conscious care
A survey in the Netherlands found that residents underestimated faculty's attitudes about the duty to incorporate costs into practice and overestimated their attitudes toward potential drawbacks while underestimating patients' concerns about drawbacks.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/11/11/4.htm
11 Nov 2020
Gabapentinoids associated with severe COPD exacerbations
Severe exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) were more common in patients taking gabapentinoids for epilepsy, neuropathic pain, or other chronic pain than in matched nonusers, a Canadian cohort study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/01/17/gabapentinoids-associated-with-severe-copd-exacerbations.htm
17 Jan 2024
Study finds early skill decay after paracentesis training in residency
In a study of internal medicine residents who underwent paracentesis simulation training, performance on the Paracentesis Competency Assessment Tool significantly declined three months later.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/09/30/3.htm
30 Sep 2020
Hospital clinicians don't often use antibiograms when prescribing, survey finds
Among 193 respondents from seven U.S. health care systems, 26.9% of hospital clinicians said they used antibiograms more than once a month and 16.1% did not know that their facility had an antibiogram available.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/02/21/hospital-clinicians-dont-often-use-antibiograms-when-prescribing-survey-finds.htm
21 Feb 2024
Researcher aims to assess beta-blocker use in patients with pacemakers
Researcher aims to assess beta-blocker use in patients with pacemakers.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/08/betablocker.htm
15 Aug 2008