Search results for "Infectious Diseases"
Experts talk research, regulation of convalescent plasma
Two experts in convalescent plasma discussed its recent authorization for COVID-19 and ongoing research on its effects in a briefing on Aug. 25.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/09/02/2.htm
2 Sep 2020
February 2017
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/02/
Latest studies look at ECMO, prone positioning, antibodies, remdesivir
Mortality rates have risen among patients getting extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) for COVID-19, one study found, while two others offered more evidence of the benefits of proning. Additional new research supported the use of monoclonal antibodies and remdesivir.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/10/06/1.htm
6 Oct 2021
August 16, 2023
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/08/16/
ATS/IDSA release clinical practice guideline on diagnosing, treating CAP
The new American Thoracic Society (ATS) and Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) guideline updates the 2007 community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) guideline and includes significant changes, such as preferring macrolides over fluoroquinolones.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/10/09/2.htm
9 Oct 2019
June 2007
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/06/
May 2018
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/05/
Nearly half of inpatients with pneumonia or urinary tract infection were overprescribed antibiotics after discharge
The most common types of antibiotic overuse after discharge included excess duration for pneumonia and unnecessary treatment of asymptomatic bacteriuria, a retrospective cohort study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/09/23/3.htm
23 Sep 2020
June 2011
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/06/
Avoiding SNFs and antibiotics, expecting long-term effects and boosters in COVID-19
One study showed how a new committee reduced discharges to skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) while another indicated that empiric antibiotics aren't necessary for ventilated COVID-19 patients. Officials announced plans for vaccine boosters, and convalescent plasma failed an outpatient trial.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/08/25/1.htm
25 Aug 2021