Search results for "Infectious Diseases"
February 23, 2022
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/02/23/
Approval delays for high-cost OPAT common, associated with discharge to subacute care
Almost a third of patients who were prescribed outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) with daptomycin, ceftaroline, ertapenem, or a beta-lactam beta-lactamase inhibitor combination had to wait more than a day for prior authorization.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/11/06/2.htm
6 Nov 2019
Risk factors may not accurately identify complicated Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia
The Infectious Diseases Society of America's criteria for determining complicated S. aureus bacteremia had low to moderate predictive value and could lead to unnecessary antibiotic treatment, according to a prospective cohort study in the Netherlands.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/01/10/risk-factors-may-not-accurately-identify-complicated-staphylococcus-aureus-bacteremia.htm
10 Jan 2024
Fluoroquinolones prescribed frequently, often inappropriately, at hospital discharge, study finds
In a retrospective cohort review at 122 Veterans Health Administration hospitals, 39.1% of fluoroquinolone days of therapy were prescribed for inpatients and 60.9% were prescribed at discharge.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/10/09/3.htm
9 Oct 2019
January 26, 2022
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/01/26/
Hospitalizations for opportunistic infections in HIV declined from 2011 to 2018
While the rate of hospitalization for an opportunistic infection per 100,000 U.S. patients with HIV went down, the associated inpatient mortality rate held stable, at 5.9%, and disparities by age, sex, race, and insurance status were found in a recent study.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/02/07/hospitalizations-for-opportunistic-infections-in-hiv-declined-from-2011-to-2018.htm
7 Feb 2024
Latest inpatient COVID-19 research looks at plasma, intubation, delirium, VTE, and more
Recent studies showed that convalescent plasma didn't improve outcomes, a protocol reduced intubation rates, delirium was a common presentation among elderly patients, venous thromboembolism (VTE) was more common in the ICU, and racial disparities persisted after adjustment.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/11/25/2.htm
25 Nov 2020
January 25, 2023
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/01/25/
Empiric antibiotics for pneumonia often not de-escalated after negative cultures
Rates of antimicrobial de-escalation immediately following negative cultures for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas varied widely across hospitals, ranging from 2% to 35%, with larger teaching hospitals having the highest rates of de-escalation.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/03/11/4.htm
11 Mar 2020
November 23, 2022
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/11/23/