Search results for "Drug resistance"
coding corner 8 ACP Hospitalist • February 2020 For ...
The new drug resistance codes (category Z16) identify the antibiotics to which the infectious organism is resistant (Table 3). ... These drug resistance codes are classified as comorbidity/complications (CCs) so may change the diagnosis-related group and have a significant impact on quality metrics and reimbursement.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/02/acph-202002-coding-corner-multidrug-resistance_t1.pdf
30 Jan 2020
Acute kidney injury, racial disparities
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/01/recent-research.htm
15 Jan 2020
A new kind of stewardship
Patients taking antiretroviral therapy are at risk for medication errors during hospitalization and care transitions.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/01/a-new-kind-of-stewardship.htm
15 Jan 2020
A new kind of stewardship
Patients taking antiretroviral therapy are at risk for medication errors during hospitalization and care transitions.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/01/qa-a-new-kind-of-stewardship.htm
15 Jan 2020
New antibiotic, report on drug shortages
Details on the latest alerts, recalls, and approvals.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/01/fda-update-new-antibiotic-report-on-drug-shortages.htm
15 Jan 2020
Drug-resistance score helped guide antibiotic use in ED patients with pneumonia
Electronically calculating the newly developed score reduced initial empiric broad-spectrum antibiotic use compared to using health care-associated pneumonia criteria.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/05/15/3.htm
15 May 2019
Cases from St. Louis University
Wernicke's encephalopathy, idiopathic splenic infarction, and more
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/11/brief-case-from-st-louis-university.htm
15 Nov 2018
Program to rapidly identify and contain cases of CRE is achieving improvements, CDC finds
Rates of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) declined from 2006 to 2015, but testing in 2017 did identify 221 isolates expressing carbapenemases other than Klebsiella pneumoniae.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/04/11/3.htm
11 Apr 2018
The return of penicillin
How to fight drug resistance without inducing allergic reactions
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/01/penicillin-comeback.htm
15 Jan 2017
Get ready for flu season
Sooner is definitely better when it comes to antivirals for influenza, but later is better than nothing.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/12/conference-coverage-flu-season.htm
15 Dec 2015