Search results for "Catheters"
New guidelines for catheter-associated UTIs
New guidelines for catheter-associated UTIsLarger, for-profit hospitals use feeding tubes more often in some patients
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2010/02/17/1.htm
17 Feb 2010
Walk this way
Increasing inpatient mobility is a common goal, but hospitals struggle to make it happen. Experts offer their advice.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/09/27/walk-this-way.htm
27 Sep 2023
Antibiotics may not benefit inpatients with catheters and bacteriuria
Bacteriuria infrequently leads to bacteremia in hospitalized patients, and antibiotic treatment of bacteriuria doesn't seem to affect mortality outcomes, a new study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2013/10/23/1.htm
23 Oct 2013
Catching postop problems
An expert offers tips on dealing with postoperative fever, urinary retention, nausea and vomiting, acute kidney injury, and atrial fibrillation.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/11/22/catching-postop-problems.htm
22 Nov 2023
August 2009
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/08/
Complications rare but potentially serious after pleural procedures
A narrative review looked at complications related to thoracocentesis, intercostal drains, indwelling pleural catheters, and local anesthetic thoracoscopy.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/12/15/3.htm
15 Dec 2021
April 2013
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/04/
Rise in HAIs during the pandemic, guidance on monoclonal antibodies for COVID-19
A new study found significant growth in health care-associated infections (HAIs), especially central line-associated bloodstream infections, during 2020, and the NIH offered advice on prioritization when monoclonal antibodies can't be given to all eligible patients.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/09/15/1.htm
15 Sep 2021
December 2008
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/12/
Reperfusion catheters, lifts, ICDs recalled
Recalls, alerts, and approvals.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/04/fda-update-reperfusion-catheters-lifts-icds-recalled.htm
15 Apr 2021