Search results for "Infectious Diseases"
Antimicrobial prophylaxis guidelines often not followed after elective surgery
A retrospective cohort study of 521,091 inpatient surgeries at 825 U.S. hospitals found that vancomycin was the most frequently misused agent and its use was associated with increased rates of acute kidney injury.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/02/22/antimicrobial-prophylaxis-guidelines-often-not-followed-after-elective-surgery.htm
22 Feb 2023
Stopping the cycle of C. diff
Microbiota therapies offer exciting potential to reduce the burden of recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection, experts say.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/02/08/free/stopping-the-cycle-of-c-diff.htm
8 Feb 2023
Adults hospitalized with RSV had worse outcomes than those with influenza
Patients with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) were at higher risk of a long hospital stay and mechanical ventilation versus those with influenza, a prospective study found. The former group also had more pre-existing cardiopulmonary conditions.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/02/01/adults-hospitalized-with-rsv-had-worse-outcomes-than-those-with-influenza.htm
1 Feb 2023
Similar odds of recurrence with 10 vs. 14 days of antibiotics for complicated UTI with bacteremia
A study of 24 U.S. hospitals also found that in patients with complicated urinary tract infection (UTI) who receive beta-lactams or highly bioavailable oral agents, a seven-day course may be sufficient.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/01/25/similar-odds-of-recurrence-with-10-vs-14-days-of-antibiotics-for-complicated-uti-with-bacteremia.htm
25 Jan 2023
Hospitalists can help eliminate HCV
Hospitals are the latest frontier in global efforts to diagnose and treat hepatitis C virus (HCV).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/01/11/free/hospitalists-can-help-eliminate-hcv.htm
11 Jan 2023
Appropriate antibiotics for CAP linked to lower 1-year cardiovascular death risk in older inpatients
A Canadian study of nearly 2,000 patients older than age 65 years who were hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) found that use of guideline-concordant antibiotic therapy was associated with a 47% reduction in cardiovascular death at one year after infection.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/01/11/appropriate-antibiotics-for-CAP-linked-to-lower-1-year-cardiovascular-death-risk-in-older-inpatients.htm
11 Jan 2023
Risk of pneumonia hospitalization lower in older patients who got pneumococcal conjugate vaccine
Medicare beneficiaries ages 65 years or older with and without underlying medical conditions were less likely to be hospitalized for pneumonia if they had received the 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, a study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/12/14/risk-of-pneumonia-hospitalization-lower-in-older-patients-who-got-pneumococcal-conjugate.htm
14 Dec 2022
The carbon footprint of care
Health care organizations' emissions are working against their efforts to improve health, and it's time for change, an expert says.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/12/07/the-carbon-footprint-of-care.htm
7 Dec 2022
High CMV viral load linked to increased mortality in hospitalized patients with HIV
Even with treatment, mortality rates differed significantly by cytomegalovirus (CMV) viral load, from 6% in patients with a viral load below the lower limit of quantification to 22% in those with a viral load of 10,000 IU/mL or greater, according to a Chinese study with 182-day follow-up.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/11/23/high-cmv-viral-load-linked-to-increased-mortality-in-hospitalized-patients-with-hiv.htm
23 Nov 2022
Physician gestalt safer but less efficient than prediction models for diagnosing bacteremia
In patients with suspected infection, physicians estimating on their own had fewer false negatives, but two validated prediction models more accurately identified the group of patients who could go without blood cultures because they did not have bacteremia, a Japanese study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/11/09/physician-gestalt-safer-but-less-efficient-than-prediction-models-for-diagnosing-bacteremia.htm
9 Nov 2022