Search results for "Pneumonia"
Many cellulitis hospitalizations may be unnecessary, meta-analysis finds
The mortality rate for hospitalized patients with cellulitis in U.S. studies was 0.5%. Worldwide, it averaged 1.1%, ranging from 0% to 2.9% in the studies included in the meta-analysis.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/07/25/3.htm
25 Jul 2018
Third-party partnerships influenced hospitals' participation in bundled payment programs
Compared to hospitals without third-party partnerships, those that partnered with private consulting firms in Medicare's voluntary Bundled Payments for Care Improvement initiative were more likely to select inpatient clinical episodes with higher target prices, leading to greater savings opportunities, a recent study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/08/11/4.htm
11 Aug 2021
Excess days in acute care may improve performance measurement for hospitals
A study found that replacing 30-day readmission rates with a measure of excess days in acute care would change about a quarter of penalties for targeted conditions under the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/10/21/4.htm
21 Oct 2020
Cases from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas
A group of cases involving lytic lesions.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/08/09/free/a-group-of-cases-involving-lytic-lesions.htm
9 Aug 2023
Nutrition, contrast and AKI, and more
Research summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/09/recent-research.htm
15 Sep 2020
Fewer than 1 in 4 hospitals have both low-mortality and low-cost care for AMI, HF, and pneumonia
There were statistically significant but weak inverse correlations between hospitals' 30-day mortality rates and payments for the conditions, suggesting substantial opportunities to improve the efficiency and value of care, according to the study authors.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/10/24/1.htm
24 Oct 2018
Academic hospitals' discharge practices for patients with COVID-19 compared
Most U.S. hospitals provided patients with similar guidance on isolation, but their criteria for discharge varied, leading the study authors to call for more research in this area. An Italian study found high incidence of hospital-acquired infections among COVID-19 patients in ICUs.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/04/21/2.htm
21 Apr 2021
Acute kidney injury, racial disparities
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/01/recent-research.htm
15 Jan 2020
Routine bronchoscopy may not be necessary in patients with EVALI
Findings from a case series of patients with electronic cigarette or vaping product use-associated lung injury (EVALI) at a hospital in Utah suggest that bronchoscopy rarely contributed meaningfully to diagnosis, given the frequency of false positives.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/11/11/3.htm
11 Nov 2020
Early high-flow oxygen reduced need for mechanical ventilation, sped recovery
About a third of hypoxemic patients with severe COVID-19 who were randomized to high-flow nasal oxygen in the ED or ICU were eventually intubated, compared to 51% of those who received conventional oxygen, a trial in Columbia found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/12/08/1.htm
8 Dec 2021