Search results for "Infectious diseases"
Short course of antibiotics worked as well as long for Enterobacteriaceae bacteremia
Rates of mortality, recurrent bloodstream infections, and Clostridium difficile infections within 30 days were similar whether patients received eight or 15 days of antibiotics.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/10/18/2.htm
18 Oct 2017
Postop deaths, sepsis projects
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/02/recent-research.htm
15 Feb 2020
Heparin dosing for COVID-19 inpatients, expert perspectives on boosters
Two new trials offered some support for therapeutic anticoagulation in inpatients with elevated d-dimer levels. Antithrombotic therapy didn't prove helpful for outpatients with COVID-19. FDA advisors, an ACP/Annals forum, and recent research addressed vaccine effectiveness and boosters.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/10/20/1.htm
20 Oct 2021
Working together to stop superbugs
Regional efforts track patients with drug-resistant organisms.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/09/working-together-to-stop-superbugs.htm
15 Sep 2019
Algorithms predicted antibiotic resistance profiles of inpatients' bacterial infections
Machine learning models applied to medical records of hospitalized patients achieved high-accuracy predictions in a recent study and “should be seriously considered by clinicians to aid correct empiric therapy,” the authors said.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/10/28/4.htm
28 Oct 2020
Safety-net hospitals, C. diff colonization
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/12/in-the-news.htm
15 Dec 2019
New evidence on remdesivir, intubation timing, outcomes after COVID-19 hospitalization
Remdesivir showed limited benefits, antibiotics have been overused, and intubation timing doesn't matter, but postdischarge outcomes were reassuring and infectious diseases experts offered guidance on the use of antibody tests in recent COVID-19 news.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/08/26/1.htm
26 Aug 2020
Fecal transplants, contrast, and more
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/06/recent-research.htm
15 Jun 2020
Research, regulators consider booster dose of COVID-19 vaccine
In addition to booster shots, the latest COVID-19 research looked at vaccine effectiveness, remdesivir's effects, an early indicator of vaccine-induced immune thrombotic thrombocytopenia, and rates of follow-up after hospitalization.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/09/22/1.htm
22 Sep 2021
The carbon footprint of care
Health care organizations' emissions are working against their efforts to improve health, and it's time for change, an expert says.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/12/07/the-carbon-footprint-of-care.htm
7 Dec 2022