Search results for "HIV"
Tips to make the most difficult conversation easier
Hospitalists may be best positioned to introduce patients to palliative care and/or hospice options.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/05/palliative-care-conversations.htm
15 May 2014
IDSA guidelines call for accurate diagnoses, fewer antibiotics for skin, soft-tissue infections
Skin and soft-tissue infections (SSTIs), even those caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), are often minor and either heal on their own or can be easily treated without antibiotics, according to updated practice guidelines.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2014/06/25/3.htm
25 Jun 2014
Expert offers advice on moving fast and mastering meningitis treatment
Expert advice from the American Academy of Neurology meeting.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/07/meningitis.htm
15 Jul 2014
Warning issued on epidural steroid injections, new antiplatelet drug approved
Recalls, warnings, and label changes.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/07/fda.htm
15 Jul 2014
New guidelines on HIV prevention, treatment released
The International AIDS Society-USA released clinical guidelines on preventing and treating HIV, noting that the 2 approaches should complement each other in reducing the spread of the disease.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2014/07/30/2.htm
30 Jul 2014
Studies a reminder of need for surveillance of bacteria susceptibility in hospitals
Two studies were released last week that have implications for hospital surveillance of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), as well as several other bacteria that cause bloodstream infections.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2014/08/20/2.htm
20 Aug 2014
The Brief Case: Cases from 3 hospitals in Puerto Rico
Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis, idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/09/briefcase.htm
15 Sep 2014
In the News
Effectiveness of chlorhexidine alone, clindamycin for invasive strep, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/10/itn.htm
15 Oct 2014
Primary immunodeficiency diseases in adults
Once seen as children's diseases, one-fourth of cases are now diagnosed in adulthood.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/10/expert.htm
15 Oct 2014
Cases from the Seattle VA Hospital and the University of Washington
Cholangitis, tenofovir-induced Fanconi syndrome, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/11/briefcase.htm
15 Nov 2014