Search results for "Infectious Diseases"
December 20, 2023
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/12/20/
Latest studies look at pneumonia scores and stroke rates in inpatients with COVID-19
The PSI and CURB-65 work in patients with pneumonia from SARS-CoV-2, one study found, while another estimated stroke rates in COVID-19 inpatients. Research on breakthrough infections showed that full vaccination provided more protection than previous infection, among other findings.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/11/10/1.htm
10 Nov 2021
May 17, 2023
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/05/17/
Incidence of several multidrug-resistant infections in U.S. inpatients declined in recent years
From 2012 to 2017, there was a substantial decrease in the number of infections with several multidrug-resistant pathogens, including methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and vancomycin-resistant enterococcus.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/04/08/5.htm
8 Apr 2020
January 10, 2024
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/01/10/
Becoming a physician and a parent
Having a baby during residency doesn't have to be as hard as it is, say advocates for change.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/09/13/becoming-a-physician-and-a-parent.htm
13 Sep 2023
Heparin dosing for COVID-19 inpatients, expert perspectives on boosters
Two new trials offered some support for therapeutic anticoagulation in inpatients with elevated d-dimer levels. Antithrombotic therapy didn't prove helpful for outpatients with COVID-19. FDA advisors, an ACP/Annals forum, and recent research addressed vaccine effectiveness and boosters.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/10/20/1.htm
20 Oct 2021
January 11, 2023
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/01/11/
Research, regulators consider booster dose of COVID-19 vaccine
In addition to booster shots, the latest COVID-19 research looked at vaccine effectiveness, remdesivir's effects, an early indicator of vaccine-induced immune thrombotic thrombocytopenia, and rates of follow-up after hospitalization.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/09/22/1.htm
22 Sep 2021
March 22, 2023
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/03/22/