Search results for "Infectious Disease"
In the News
Antibiotic therapy and sepsis, reductions in MRSA infections after surgery, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/05/itn.htm
15 May 2011
Training meets pandemic
Academic medicine adapted rapidly to COVID-19.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/08/training-meets-pandemic.htm
15 Aug 2020
Recurrent C. difficile infections more than doubled between 2001 and 2012
Risk factors for multiply recurrent Clostridium difficile infection included being older, being female, having chronic kidney disease, residing in a nursing home, and having taken antibiotics, proton-pump inhibitors, or corticosteroids, the retrospective study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/07/12/3.htm
12 Jul 2017
New guidelines for hospitals' antibiotic stewardship programs
The guidelines include 28 recommendations from an expert panel convened by the Infectious Diseases Society of America and the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/04/20/1.htm
20 Apr 2016
Debates in sepsis
Experts disagree about use of antibiotics, IV fluids, and quality measures.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/01/debates-in-sepsis.htm
15 Jan 2019
Hundreds of cases of Legionnaires' disease in 2015 linked to health care facilities' water systems, CDC reports
The fatality rate was 25% for cases definitely associated with a hospital or long-term care facility stay and 10% for cases that were possibly health care-associated.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/06/14/2.htm
14 Jun 2017
The battle against COVID-19
Hospitalists from New York, New Orleans, and Phoenix share their pandemic stories.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/11/the-battle-against-covid-19.htm
15 Nov 2020
Antibiotic duration excessive in hospitalized VA patients with CAP and HCAP
Pneumonia patients spent a median of 4 days on inpatient IV antibiotics, 1 day on inpatient oral, and 6 days on outpatient oral.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/08/24/2.htm
24 Aug 2016
Letter from the Editor
This issue examines antibiotic stewardship programs, rapid response systems, pocket ultrasounds, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/05/lfe.htm
15 May 2011
Putting MRSA to the test
Screening patients may keep infection from taking hold.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/05/qa.htm
15 May 2010