Search results for "Allergies"
Outsmarting MRSA
An infectious diseases specialist offers advice on drugs and strategies to combat methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/05/01/outsmarting-mrsa.htm
1 May 2024
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
Avoiding beta-lactam therapy in hospitalized patients with self-reported allergies may lead to more adverse events
Developing inpatient programs aimed at accurately identifying beta-lactam allergies to safely promote beta-lactam administration among patients who report allergies is warranted, the authors concluded.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/07/20/3.htm
20 Jul 2016
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/
First medication for severe frostbite approved
The FDA also warned about smartwatches claiming to measure blood sugar without piercing the skin, among other recent actions.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/03/06/first-medication-for-severe-frostbite-approved.htm
6 Mar 2024
CDC committee recommends specific flu vaccine as an option for people with egg allergy
The immunization advisory committee at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) last week recommended using the vaccine FluBlok in the 2013-14 flu season for people aged 18 through 49 years with egg allergy.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2013/07/03/5.htm
3 Jul 2013
September 2012
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/09/
Unapproved prescription cough, cold, allergy meds pulled
The FDA ordered the market removal of a large number of prescription oral cough, cold, and allergy products last week.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2011/03/09/5.htm
9 Mar 2011
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
How to write a good discharge summary
Primary care physicians highlighted what they really need to know about their patients' recent hospitalizations in a recent study.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/01/03/free/how-to-write-a-good-discharge-summary.htm
3 Jan 2024