Search results for "Sepsis"
Debates over sepsis and immigration
This issue brings you controversies in sepsis care and our first-ever Twitter chat.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/01/letter-from-the-editor.htm
15 Jan 2019
Continuing statins in severe sepsis may improve mortality
Continuing statins during severe sepsis may improve short-term mortality rates, a new phase two study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2013/05/01/4.htm
1 May 2013
December 2011
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/12/
Adverse effects of antibiotics compared for patients hospitalized with infection
A randomized clinical trial at one academic medical center in the U.S. found that piperacillin-tazobactam and cefepime carried similar risk of acute kidney injury but cefepime was associated with more neurological dysfunction.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/10/18/adverse-effects-of-antibiotics-compared-for-patients-hospitalized-with-infection.htm
18 Oct 2023
Response team and feedback reduce sepsis deaths in ICU
Activating a sepsis response team and using weekly feedback reduced mortality for ICU patients with severe sepsis or septic shock, a study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2011/02/09/3.htm
9 Feb 2011
Late mortality associated with sepsis not explained by pre-existing conditions, study finds
Of Medicare patients who survived for 30 days after being admitted for sepsis, more than 40% died in the next 2 years, a significantly higher rate than similar patients without sepsis, the observational study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/05/25/4.htm
25 May 2016
March 2011
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/03/
April 2014
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/04/
Continuous vs. intermittent meropenem administration did not improve outcomes in sepsis
A composite outcome of mortality and new antimicrobial resistance did not differ by whether critically ill patients received an equal dose of the beta-lactam antibiotic continuously or intermittently, an international randomized trial found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/06/21/continuous-vs-intermittent-meropenem-administration-did-not-improve-outcomes-in-sepsis.htm
21 Jun 2023
Sepsis-3: The world turned upside down
New definitions of sepsis and septic shock represent a radical departure from previous criteria.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/03/coding-sepsis-confusing-part-2.htm
15 Mar 2016