Search results for "Infectious Diseases"
American Thoracic Society releases guideline on diagnosing fungal infections
The clinical practice guideline focuses on the laboratory diagnosis of invasive pulmonary aspergillosis, invasive candidiasis, blastomycosis, coccidioidomycosis, and histoplasmosis.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/09/11/2.htm
11 Sep 2019
Primum non nocere
Two hospitalists muse on the current pandemic.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/09/primum-non-nocere.htm
15 Sep 2020
Don't miss anaphylaxis in the hospital
One common error is to assume that anaphylaxis isn't present because the patient doesn't have hypotension or shock.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/04/17/3.htm
17 Apr 2019
Fungal infection common in critically ill COVID-19 patients
A retrospective study in Belgium found that risk of pulmonary aspergillosis in mechanically ventilated COVID-19 patients was primarily associated with pre-existing risk factors for invasive mold disease.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/09/20/free/fungal-infection-common-in-critically-ill-covid-19-patients.htm
20 Sep 2023
Oseltamivir effectiveness may vary by flu strain in severely ill patients, study finds
Early treatment with oseltamivir in the ICU was associated with significantly lower mortality rates in patients with influenza A/H3N2 but appeared to have no effect in patients with influenza A/H1N1 or B.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/02/13/2.htm
13 Feb 2019
Patients with discordant C. difficile test results had lower mortality with treatment
Patients who were positive for Clostridioides difficile on nucleic acid amplification testing but negative on toxin immunoassay had similar 30-day mortality to those with positive results on both tests, according to a review of observational studies.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/09/13/patients-with-discordant-c-difficile-test-results-had-lower-mortality-with-treatment.htm
13 Sep 2023
CDC updates tuberculosis screening, testing recommendations for health care personnel
Among the recommendations are tuberculosis screening with an individual risk assessment and symptom evaluation at baseline and testing with an interferon-gamma release assay or a tuberculin skin test for people without documented tuberculosis disease or prior latent tuberculosis.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/05/22/4.htm
22 May 2019
MKSAP: Infectious diseases
The following cases and commentary, which address infectious diseases, are excerpted from ACP’s Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program (MKSAP14).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/06/test.htm
15 Jun 2009
Infective endocarditis increases ischemic stroke risk for up to two years
The risk of ischemic stroke was highest during the first four weeks after an infective endocarditis diagnosis, and it was lower in patients on anticoagulation, according to the Danish registry study.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/05/08/4.htm
8 May 2019
Puzzling it out together
Hospitalists share strategies for pandemic problems.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/10/puzzling-it-out-together.htm
15 Oct 2020