Search results for "Antibiotics"
August 23, 2023
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Measuring procalcitonin at ICU admission associated with lower cost and antibiotic exposure
A multivariable regression analysis showed that procalcitonin testing, presumably for sepsis diagnosis, was associated with shorter lengths of stay, both in the hospital and in the ICU.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/09/14/2.htm
14 Sep 2016
July 5, 2023
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January 25, 2023
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
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Procalcitonin testing reduced antibiotic use and mortality in acute respiratory infections
Results of the meta-analysis suggest that widespread implementation of procalcitonin protocols might not only improve antibiotic management and patient outcomes but also help to combat the threat of antibiotic resistance, the authors said.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/10/25/1.htm
25 Oct 2017
Our top stories of 2023
We take a look back at the ACP Hospitalist articles that got the most clicks this year.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/12/27/our-top-stories-of-2023.htm
27 Dec 2023
Antibiotic resistance lasts up to a year
Preoperative statins protect elective abdominal aortic aneurysm patientsRepair methods for abdominal aortic aneurysms yield similar long-term mortality rates
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2010/05/26/2.htm
26 May 2010
Phase 3 trial finds new antibiotic noninferior to daptomycin for MRSA
An industry-funded trial compared ceftobiprole, a cephalosporin, to daptomycin plus optional aztreonam in adults with complicated Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia, including methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/10/04/phase-3-trial-finds-new-antibiotic-noninferior-to-daptomycin-for-mrsa.htm
4 Oct 2023
Antibiotic use confers up to tenfold risk of C. diff infection
A patient's risk of developing Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) is 7 to 10 times higher during antibiotic therapy and in the month after stopping, and an elevated risk still exists three months after stopping antibiotics, a study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2012/03/14/2.htm
14 Mar 2012
First-line antibiotic options for CAP on the wards show similar mortality rates
A large retrospective study of patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) found similar inpatient mortality with a beta-lactam plus a macrolide, a beta-lactam plus doxycycline, or a respiratory fluoroquinolone. A beta-lactam alone appeared less effective.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/08/23/first-line-antibiotic-options-for-cap-on-the-wards-show-similar-mortality-rates.htm
23 Aug 2023