Search results for "Antibiotics"
Test yourself: Antibiotic therapy
A 40-year-old male prisoner is hospitalized because of a three-day history of fever, hypotension and a swollen right arm... and other cases.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/07/test-yourself.htm
15 Jul 2007
More hospitals fight MRSA with universal screening
Some experts believe that screening and isolating patients with MRSA is the best way to control the infection. But are “search and destroy” methods the right call?.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/07/mrsa.htm
15 Jul 2007
MKSAP primer: Cellulitis, necrotizing fasciitis and toxic shock syndrome
Cellulitis is an inflammation of skin and underlying subcutaneous tissues that may be either infectious or noninfectious.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/07/mksap-primer.htm
15 Jul 2007
Focus on: Pressure ulcers
Focus on: Pressure ulcers.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/07/pressure-ulcers.htm
15 Jul 2007
Wiping out surgical site infections
Protocols and preparation are key.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/08/key.htm
15 Aug 2007
Building trust aids decision making in end-of-life care
The patient is dying. More medical intervention is futile. But the family, speaking for their loved one, still wants everything done.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/08/decision-making.htm
15 Aug 2007
Practicing cost-effective medicine
One clinician's top 10 tips.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/09/tips.htm
15 Sep 2007
Letters
A new idea about handling MRSA, and a comment on the differential diagnosis of infectious cellulitis.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/09/letters.htm
15 Sep 2007
Journal watch: Recent studies of note
Recent studies about C. difficile colitis, elderly patients and sleeping pills, and other topics.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/09/journal-watch.htm
15 Sep 2007
Inpatient glucose control
A 71-year-old woman with type 2 diabetes is hospitalized with new congestive heart failure... and other cases.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/09/inpatient-glucose.htm
15 Sep 2007