Search results for "Infectious Diseases"
May 2021
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/05/
Telehealth-based antimicrobial stewardship program worked in 2 community hospitals
The program, which included remote consults with infectious disease physicians, led to reductions in broad-spectrum antibiotic use and antimicrobial expenditures.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/09/11/3.htm
11 Sep 2019
December 2017
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/12/
D-dimer, lung ultrasound, and ICU protocols all helpful, latest COVID-19 research says
D-dimer predicted clots in ICU patients better than scores or other markers, lung ultrasound was an effective triage tool, and a protocol for respiratory failure improved ICU survival early on in the pandemic, recent studies found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/09/23/1.htm
23 Sep 2020
March 2014
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/03/
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
July 2009
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/07/
Prediction rules for endocarditis in patients with Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia compared
In a Dutch study, one score (the VISTRA score) was considered safe for excluding endocarditis but could increase procedure use by classifying more patients as high risk.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/07/28/4.htm
28 Jul 2021
Switch to oral antibiotics noninferior for low-risk patients with S. aureus bacteremia
Complication rates were similar in patients with low-risk Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infection who were switched to oral antibiotics versus continued on IV therapy in a European randomized trial that was stopped early due to low enrollment.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/01/24/switch-to-oral-antibiotics-noninferior-for-low-risk-patients-with-s-aureus-bacteremia.htm
24 Jan 2024
In-ward transmission of influenza frequent, according to a single-center study
Researchers at a hospital in Sweden found influenza clusters distributed between December and May in 20 different wards, 70% of which were internal medicine or cardiology wards.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/02/12/1.htm
12 Feb 2020