Search results for "Antibiotics"
Hospital-acquired pneumonia in the elderly
An excerpt taken from Pulmonary Disorders of the Elderly, a new publication from ACP.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/10/pneumonia.htm
15 Oct 2007
Dialogue: Communication at discharge
Lee W. Roof, ACP Member, a primary care internist, and Dawn Brezina, ACP Member, a hospitalist, offer their perspectives on how hospitalists and PCPs can improve communication during handoffs at discharge.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/10/improve-comm.htm
15 Oct 2007
Better communication at the end of life
Form ensures dying patients' wishes are carried out as medical orders.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/10/patient-wishes.htm
15 Oct 2007
Fewer drugs, more bugs: Antibiotic resistance tops concerns at infectious diseases conference
Antibiotic resistance tops concerns at infectious diseases conference.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/11/antibiotics.htm
15 Nov 2007
Beyond the bundle: Innovative ways to prevent VAP in the intensive care unit
Legislators, payers and quality-of-care advocates across the nation are considering requiring hospitals to report ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) rates as a way to benchmark quality of care and penalize poor performers.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/12/vap.htm
15 Dec 2007
Ventilator-associated pneumonia rates: The wrong quality measure
Legislators, payers and quality-of-care advocates across the nation are considering requiring hospitals to report ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) rates as a way to benchmark quality of care and penalize poor performers.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/12/vap-qm.htm
15 Dec 2007
MKSAP primer: COPD
MKSAP primer: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/01/copd.htm
15 Jan 2008
Test yourself: COPD
COPD.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/01/test.htm
15 Jan 2008
Exotic travel trend poses new challenges for hospitalists
Exotic travel trend poses new challenges for hospitalists.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/02/travel.htm
15 Feb 2008
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3. The glycocalyx that forms on the catheter surface pro-tects bacteria from antibiotics and host defenses;. ... when evidence supports their use; give the antibiotics between 30 minutes and one hour.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/04/acph-200804-mksap_t1.pdf
9 Apr 2008