Search results for "Trends"
Beta-blockers at discharge may not improve outcomes after elective PCI in some older patients
According to an editorial, this study and others call into question the guideline-directed use of beta-blockers in patients with coronary artery disease after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/08/17/2.htm
17 Aug 2016
Preop meds, resuscitation champions, and more
Research summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/06/in-the-news.htm
15 Jun 2021
Readmission penalties may not drive observation stays in lieu of readmissions
Use of observation rose from 2007 to 2015, but both for diagnoses targeted by readmission penalties and those not targeted, and there was no hospital-level association with readmissions.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/03/09/2.htm
9 Mar 2016
Data breaches, infective endocarditis
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/03/in-the-news.htm
15 Mar 2020
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
Reducing chest X-rays, telemetry
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/06/in-the-news.htm
15 Jun 2019
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
An agenda for hospitalists' research
The pandemic added opportunities and barriers to an already challenged field.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/05/an-agenda-for-hospitalists-research.htm
15 May 2021
Is it pneumonia?
Concerns are growing that pneumonia is being overdiagnosed. Here's how you can stem the trend.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/03/pneumonia.htm
15 Mar 2014
HCAP prescribing guidelines were not usually followed and didn't change outcomes
Less than 20% of patients who met the criteria for health care-associated pneumonia (HCAP) between 2007 and 2011 received the three classes of drugs recommended by guidelines at the time.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/11/01/2.htm
1 Nov 2017