Search results for "Penicillin"
Penicillin skin testing de-escalated antibiotic prescribing, saved patients money
Among patients with reported penicillin allergy, nearly all had a negative result, which was associated with increased use of penicillin or cephalosporin and hundreds of dollars of cost savings compared to those who were not tested.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/03/06/3.htm
6 Mar 2019
March 29, 2023
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/03/29/
January 2017
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/01/
Penicillin allergy associated with risk of MRSA, C. diff, due to use of other antibiotics
Systematically addressing penicillin allergies may be an important public health strategy to reduce the incidence of MRSA and C. difficile among patients with a documented penicillin allergy.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/07/04/5.htm
4 Jul 2018
November 2018
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/11/
Cases from the Medical College of Wisconsin
A mycotic aneurysm, retroperitoneal hematoma, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/02/28/free/cases-from-the-medical-college-of-wisconsin.htm
28 Feb 2024
Genetic test for opioid disorder risk approved
The new test is to be used prior to patients' first exposure to oral opioids for the treatment of acute pain. Other recent FDA actions include a recall of overly potent IV drugs.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/02/07/genetic-test-for-opioid-disorder-risk-approved.htm
7 Feb 2024
Clarithromycin may be associated with increased risk for cardiac death
Clarithromycin may be associated with increased risk for cardiac death, although the absolute risk appears small, according to a new study.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2014/08/27/4.htm
27 Aug 2014
Penicillin allergies, end-of-life care
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/11/in-the-news.htm
15 Nov 2018
Hospital-level antibiotic use associated with rates of hospital-onset C. diff
Hospitals that significantly reduced use of all antibiotics, or specifically fluoroquinolones or third- and fourth-generation cephalosporins, achieved decreases in hospital-onset Clostridioides difficile, the retrospective study showed.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/03/13/3.htm
13 Mar 2019