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Vancomycin and piperacillin-tazobactam combo associated with increased AKI risk
Acute kidney injury (AKI) was significantly more common in the patients on combination therapy than in those on vancomycin alone or piperacillin-tazobactam alone, demonstrating the need for judicious use of combination therapy, the authors said.
Intubation after in-hospital cardiac arrest not associated with benefit, study finds
The observational cohort study used the Get With The Guidelines-Resuscitation registry to match patients who were intubated within 15 minutes of in-hospital cardiac arrest to patients who were not intubated in the same minute after arrest.
Death soon after ED discharge appears common in Medicare beneficiaries
Hospitals that admitted fewer patients from the ED had the highest rates of early death versus hospitals that admitted the most patients, although hospitals with lower admission rates appeared to serve healthier populations in general.
ACP issues comprehensive statement on U.S. immigration policy
The statement details ACP's opposition to discrimination, religious tests, refugee bans, and denial of entry to persons with legal visas and expresses grave concerns about the implications of the recent executive order.
And the winner is …
ACP Hospitalist Weekly has tallied the voting from its latest cartoon contest, where readers are invited to match wits against their peers to provide the most original and amusing caption.