Search results for "Trauma"
ED visits after discharge to SNF cost Medicare $24 million in 2019
Sixteen percent of Medicare patients who were discharged to a skilled nursing facility (SNF) came back to the ED within two weeks, and a quarter of those visits resulted in discharge back to the SNF the same day.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/11/01/ed-visits-after-discharge-to-snf-cost-medicare-24-million-in-2019.htm
1 Nov 2023
Adding vancomycin to cefazolin didn't reduce infections among arthroplasty patients
Cefazolin plus vancomycin did not lead to lower surgical-site infection rates compared with cefazolin plus placebo in patients getting knee, hip, or shoulder replacement surgery, a randomized trial in Australia found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/10/25/free/adding-vancomycin-to-cefazolin-didnt-reduce-infections-among-arthroplasty-patients.htm
25 Oct 2023
Adverse effects of antibiotics compared for patients hospitalized with infection
A randomized clinical trial at one academic medical center in the U.S. found that piperacillin-tazobactam and cefepime carried similar risk of acute kidney injury but cefepime was associated with more neurological dysfunction.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/10/18/adverse-effects-of-antibiotics-compared-for-patients-hospitalized-with-infection.htm
18 Oct 2023
AI predictive models shown to be potentially unreliable over time in clinical settings
A simulation study based on ICU data found that using artificial intelligence (AI) to try to improve predictions of acute kidney injury and mortality could actually impair existing models' performance.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/10/11/ai-predictive-models-shown-to-be-potentially-unreliable-over-time-in-clinical-settings.htm
11 Oct 2023
Acute interstitial nephritis associated with immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy
Exercise vigilance for early diagnosis of this increasingly common complication.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/10/11/free/acute-interstitial-nephritis-associated-with-immune-checkpoint-inhibitor-therapy.htm
11 Oct 2023
Virtual rounds after transfers to SNF identified errors in discharge summaries
Hospitalists at two academic hospitals met weekly with clinicians from skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) to discuss patients who had recently been handed off, and they found errors in nearly a quarter of discharge summaries.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/10/11/virtual-rounds-after-transfers-to-snf-identified-errors-in-discharge-summaries.htm
11 Oct 2023
New COVID-19 boosters, biosimilar for MS OK’ed
The FDA approved updated COVID-19 vaccines and the first-ever biosimilar for multiple sclerosis (MS), among other recent actions.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/10/04/new-covid-19-boosters-biosimilar-for-ms-oked.htm
4 Oct 2023
Could you repeat that?
It was a very quiet day on the geriatrics service, at least for one physician.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/09/27/free/could-you-repeat-that.htm
27 Sep 2023
AHA updates guidance for treating life-threatening poisonings
A new focused update from the American Heart Association (AHA) offered 10 take-home messages on management of cardiac arrest, respiratory arrest, and refractory shock due to poisoning.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/09/27/aha-updates-guidance-for-treating-life-threatening-poisonings.htm
27 Sep 2023
Community paramedics treating heart failure
Cardiologists and paramedics collaborated to keep some patients out of the hospital.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/09/20/community-paramedics-treating-heart-failure.htm
20 Sep 2023