Search results for "Nutrition"
Complications appear common with CVC placement
Of 1,000 patients with a central venous catheter (CVC) for three days, 30.2 would develop at least one serious complication, including arterial cannulation, pneumothorax, infection, or deep venous thrombosis, according to a systematic review and meta-analysis.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/03/13/complications-appear-common-with-cvc-placement.htm
13 Mar 2024
Individualized nutrition support lowered mortality after heart failure hospitalization
The greatest benefit from an inpatient nutritional intervention was seen in men older than 78 years who had other acute and chronic medical illnesses in addition to heart failure, according to this secondary analysis of a randomized trial in Switzerland.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/05/05/3.htm
5 May 2021
October 2019
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/10/
ICUs not meeting guidelines for nutrition
Tylenol and other products recalled for odor Counterfeit Alli pills found on Internet
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2010/01/27/4.htm
27 Jan 2010
First medication for severe frostbite approved
The FDA also warned about smartwatches claiming to measure blood sugar without piercing the skin, among other recent actions.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/03/06/first-medication-for-severe-frostbite-approved.htm
6 Mar 2024
Guidelines advise on early start to enteral nutrition for critically ill
The guidelines from the Society of Critical Care Medicine and American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition were expanded to include additional subsets of patients, including those with organ failure, acute pancreatitis, certain surgical conditions, sepsis, chronic critical illness, and obesity.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/01/27/1.htm
27 Jan 2016
A new view of nutrition
The evidence is building for nutritional therapy in malnourished inpatients.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/04/a-new-view-of-nutrition.htm
15 Apr 2020
February 2015
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/02/
August 2009
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/08/
Adding immune-modulating agents to enteral nutrition potentially harmful, study finds
Ventilated patients who received enteral nutrition enriched with immune-modulating agents had no fewer infections, and possibly higher mortality, than patients on standard nutrition, a recent study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2014/08/13/1.htm
13 Aug 2014