Search results for "Endocarditis"
Team up to treat opioid addiction
Hospitalists can improve care even without the expertise of an addiction medicine consult service.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/09/team-up-to-treat-opioid-addiction.htm
15 Sep 2021
coding corner 6 ACP Hospitalist • February 2019 In ...
Unspecified valvular heart failure or disease is assigned to codes for endocarditis.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/02/acph-201902-coding-corner-heart-failure-documentation-challenges_t2.pdf
29 Jan 2019
NSTEMI algorithm, metabolic acidemia, and more
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/02/recent-research.htm
15 Feb 2019
In the News
Predicting short-term stroke recurrence, updated recommendations on cardiovascular IED infections.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/06/itn.htm
15 Jun 2010
Phase 3 trial finds new antibiotic noninferior to daptomycin for MRSA
An industry-funded trial compared ceftobiprole, a cephalosporin, to daptomycin plus optional aztreonam in adults with complicated Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia, including methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/10/04/phase-3-trial-finds-new-antibiotic-noninferior-to-daptomycin-for-mrsa.htm
4 Oct 2023
Oral antibiotics after incomplete IV therapy showed benefit in patients with history of injection drug use
Among persons who inject drugs who were hospitalized with complicated Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infections, those who received oral antibiotics after an incomplete IV antibiotic course were significantly less likely to experience microbiologic failure or death than patients discharged without oral antibiotics.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/09/14/oral-antibiotics-after-incomplete-iv-therapy-showed-benefit-in-patients-with-history-of-injection-drug-use.htm
14 Sep 2022
MKSAP quiz on diagnostic testing
These cases and commentary, which address diagnostic testing, are excerpted from ACP's Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program (MKSAP15).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/07/ty.htm
15 Jul 2011
Allergic reactions in the hospital
Allergic reactions can be hard to detect because their presentation is often delayed.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/09/allergies.htm
15 Sep 2012
New indication for apixaban, approvals of gastroenteritis test, diabetes drugs
Details on recalls, warnings, label changes and approvals.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/04/fda.htm
15 Apr 2013
Owning OUD in the hospital
Less than 15% of patients with opioid use disorder (OUD) receive treatment with buprenorphine or methadone during hospitalization. New recommendations for hospitalists aim to change that.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/11/02/free/owning-oud-in-the-hospital.htm
2 Nov 2022