Search results for "Catheters"
Venous access devices frequently fail or are removed for suspicion of infection
The highest rates and proportion of failure were in hemodialysis catheters and the central line-associated bloodstream infection rate was highest in nontunneled central venous access devices.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/08/15/2.htm
15 Aug 2018
Careful catheter care reduces cost, complications
The U.S. spends an estimated $2 billion annually on treating catheter-associated bloodstream infections. Learn how to help lower those costs.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/02/catheter.htm
15 Feb 2011
Sepsis improvement efforts have reduced mortality, two studies find
One study compared sepsis mortality in New York and other states after implementation of mandated reporting, while another showed the effects of one hospital's efforts to comply with CMS performance measures.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/07/24/3.htm
24 Jul 2019
Urinary catheter-associated infections: Before or after admission?
Any infection related to a device or catheter of any type is classified for coding purposes as a complication of care.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/02/coding.htm
15 Feb 2011
NOACs recommended instead of warfarin for some afib patients, guideline states
An updated guideline on atrial fibrillation responds to new evidence, as well as the advent of new drugs and devices to treat the condition.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/02/06/1.htm
6 Feb 2019
Tracheal tubes, catheters, defibrillators recalled; lymphoma drug approved
Tracheal tubes, catheters, defibrillators recalled; lymphoma drug approved.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/11/fda.htm
15 Nov 2009
Decision tree can predict resistance to antibiotics commonly used for sepsis
The researchers identified factors predicting which patients with gram-negative sepsis had low probability of resistance to meropenem and which had high probability of resistance to piperacillin-tazobactam, cefepime, and meropenem.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/07/19/2.htm
19 Jul 2017
Epinephrine and norepinephrine compared to treat shock after myocardial infarction
Fifty-seven patients in France were randomly assigned to receive epinephrine or norepinephrine, with a primary efficacy outcome of cardiac index evolution and a primary safety outcome of refractory cardiogenic shock.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/07/04/4.htm
4 Jul 2018
Recalls for heart pumps, intrathecal catheters, dextroamphetamine sulfate
Recalls for heart pumps, intrathecal catheters, dextroamphetamine sulfate.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/12/fda.htm
15 Dec 2008
No association between appropriate antibiotics and survival of elderly CAUTI patients
The results suggest that clinicians could defer antibiotic treatment of catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI) in some patients until full clinical and microbiologic evaluation is complete, the study authors said.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/08/09/1.htm
9 Aug 2017