Search results for "HIV"
Higher risk of false-positive HIV test in those testing positive for COVID-19 infection
Hospitalized patients with positive SARS-CoV-2 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test results were significantly more likely to have a false-positive fourth-generation HIV test than those with negative SARS-CoV-2 PCR test results, a retrospective study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/05/24/free/higher-risk-of-false-positive-hiv-test-in-those-testing-positive-for-covid-19-infection.htm
24 May 2023
High stakes: Considerations about cannabis
More Americans are taking cannabis, complicating inpatient care. Understanding patients' use patterns and history is key to mitigating risks during a hospital stay.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/02/07/free/high-stakes-considerations-about-cannabis.htm
7 Feb 2024
Recent Research
HIV screening recommendations, perioperative SSRI risks, anticoagulants and endocarditis, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/07/rr.htm
15 Jul 2013
Cases from the University of Pittsburgh
A group of cases involving the use of point-of-care ultrasound.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/07/brief-case-from-the-university-of-pittsburgh.htm
15 Jul 2019
Drug approved for flu exposures
Recalls and approvals.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/01/fda-update-drug-approved-for-flu-exposures.htm
15 Jan 2021
Clarification to a previous issue
In last week's ACP HospitalistWeekly, the headline of an item on tuberculosis prevention in HIV patients should have read “WHO issues guidelines on TB prevention in people with HIV in resource-constrained settings.”
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2010/12/15/5.htm
15 Dec 2010
New antibiotic, report on drug shortages
Details on the latest alerts, recalls, and approvals.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/01/fda-update-new-antibiotic-report-on-drug-shortages.htm
15 Jan 2020
Most U.S. patients hospitalized with severe monkeypox had HIV infection
Of 57 adult patients who were hospitalized with severe manifestations of monkeypox during the current outbreak, 82% had HIV infection, 30% received ICU-level care, and 21% died, according to a recent CDC report. All had dermatologic manifestations.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/11/02/free/most-us-patients-hospitalized-with-severe-monkeypox-had-hiv-infection.htm
2 Nov 2022
Hospice referral often not timely in hemodialysis patients, study finds
The median length of hospice stay for Medicare patients receiving maintenance dialysis near the end of life was five days, and 41.5% received hospice services for three or fewer days.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/05/09/1.htm
9 May 2018
Large recall of sodium bicarbonate and other injectables
Details on the latest warnings, recalls, and approvals.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/09/fda-update.htm
15 Sep 2017