Search results for "Infectious disease"
CA-UTI prevention project worked outside ICUs, but not inside
The Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program's efforts to build multidisciplinary teams, focus on camaraderie and communication, and attend to failure points may be responsible for its success, according to an editorial.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/06/08/1.htm
8 Jun 2016
Here, there, but not everywhere
What do a bat with a white nose, rust-colored wheat and your pneumonia patient who winters in Arizona have in common? The answer might be fungus.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/04/coverstory.htm
15 Apr 2012
Inpatient ART errors can cause long-term problems for HIV patients
Antiretroviral therapy is less complex than it used to be, but errors are still common.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/04/ART-errors.htm
15 Apr 2015
September 2014
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/09/
Alternatives to drugs
This issue looks at antibiotic resistance, opioid prescribing, and patients' social needs.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/03/letter-from-the-editor.htm
15 Mar 2019
When it could be Ebola . . .
There are lots of differential diagnoses, too.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/01/ebola.htm
15 Jan 2015
Avoiding beta-lactam therapy in hospitalized patients with self-reported allergies may lead to more adverse events
Developing inpatient programs aimed at accurately identifying beta-lactam allergies to safely promote beta-lactam administration among patients who report allergies is warranted, the authors concluded.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/07/20/3.htm
20 Jul 2016
New antibiotics may change inpatient treatment of skin infections
Some patients may see shorter stays, or avoid them altogether.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/10/infection.htm
15 Oct 2014
Single-dose dalbavancin is noninferior to 2 doses for acute bacterial skin infections
In addition to producing similar outcomes, the regimens had similar safety profiles, with nausea being the only event reported in more than 2% of patients in either treatment arm of the randomized trial.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2015/12/09/1.htm
9 Dec 2015
Contamination frequently occurs when hospital personnel remove protective gear, study finds
Incorrect techniques were observed in 39.5% of simulations, but contamination occurred even in 30% of properly performed removals.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2015/10/21/2.htm
21 Oct 2015