Search results for "Diagnostic testing"
Malaria, dengue, and traditionally tropical threats
Clinicians far outside the tropics should now keep an eye out for diseases that used to be limited to tropical areas, an expert advises.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/04/24/malaria-dengue-and-traditionally-tropical-threats.htm
24 Apr 2024
Molecular rapid diagnostic testing outperforms conventional methods in bloodstream infections
Patients who received molecular rapid diagnostic testing had significantly lower odds of mortality when it was used with an antibiotic stewardship program, but not when it was used without stewardship, according to a recent systematic review and meta-analysis.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/10/05/1.htm
5 Oct 2016
July 2011
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/07/
Cardiac societies release guideline on evaluation, diagnosis of chest pain
The recommendations from the American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology, with support from other societies, provide algorithms for assessing and diagnosing chest pain in adults and offer 10 take-home points, including on use of testing and imaging.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/11/10/3.htm
10 Nov 2021
November 2007
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/11/
Routine bronchoscopy may not be necessary in patients with EVALI
Findings from a case series of patients with electronic cigarette or vaping product use-associated lung injury (EVALI) at a hospital in Utah suggest that bronchoscopy rarely contributed meaningfully to diagnosis, given the frequency of false positives.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/11/11/3.htm
11 Nov 2020
October 2011
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/10/
CDC checklist can help quickly distinguish anthrax from nonanthrax illnesses
The checklist includes heart rate, respiratory rate, temperature, mental status, diaphoresis, dyspnea, severe headache, characteristic skin lesions, abnormal lung sounds, and increased girth.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/03/20/4.htm
20 Mar 2019
De-escalation of antibiotics effective in Enterobacterales bacteremia, Spanish trial finds
The pragmatic trial found similarly high cure rates and no difference in serious adverse events between patients who continued on an antipseudomonal beta-lactam and those de-escalated to an antibiotic without antipseudomonal activity.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/01/17/de-escalation-of-antibiotics-effective-in-enterobacterales-bacteremia-spanish-trial-finds.htm
17 Jan 2024
MKSAP quiz on diagnostic testing
These cases and commentary, which address diagnostic testing, are excerpted from ACP's Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program (MKSAP15).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/07/ty.htm
15 Jul 2011