
Mortality from a different kind of PE
U.S. hospitals might be seeing more ED deaths associated with a PE that's increasingly prominent in health care: private equity.
U.S. hospitals might be seeing more ED deaths associated with a PE that's increasingly prominent in health care: private equity.
The FDA also announced plans to change the label on acetaminophen, among other actions.
A frailty score based on lab findings was a stronger predictor of inpatient mortality than one using hemoglobin, albumin, lymphocyte, and platelet levels, but both scores were associated with length of stay and likelihood of discharge to home in a retrospective Japanese study.
In a retrospective analysis of Japanese patients who lived in nursing homes or required home care, 30-day in-hospital mortality rates from pneumonia were similar whether they received broad- or narrow-spectrum antibiotics, including in a subgroup with additional risk factors for resistance.
Only 16.6% of former ICU patients in a U.S. survey remembered “post-intensive care syndrome” ever being mentioned to them, and 58.2% agreed that they wished they had had more conversations about recovery from critical illness before leaving the ICU.
In patients in South Korea with hyperosmolar dehydration at sepsis onset, initial liberal fluid management was associated with improved lactate levels without worsening Sequential Organ Failure Assessment score but no change in 30-day mortality risk.
Every week, ACP Hospitalist posts a question about the previous week's issue. See how well you remember what you've read compared to other readers.
Understanding the needs of incarcerated patients and the resources available to them can help hospitalists provide the best bedside care.
Endocarditis, blastomycosis, choledocholithiasis, and more.
Growth differentiation factor-15 predicted risk of death or acute myocardial infarction (AMI) within 90 days in patients who were seen in the ED for suspected AMI but did not have an elevated troponin level at the time, an industry-funded study found.
Comorbid conditions, invasive devices, and recent procedures were all associated with risk of progressing from Candida auris colonization to infection, a retrospective study of Florida patients found.
Older hospitalized adults who were Black or Hispanic were more likely to have delirium at admission or to develop it during their hospital stay than White patients, a retrospective analysis of more than 260,000 patients found.
Discharge summaries generated by a large language model at a tertiary care center scored better on nine domains, including comprehensiveness, relevance, and specificity, according to physician reviewers. Those written by humans did use simpler language.
A community residency program improved training in Indigenous health with the involvement of staff already working at the hospital.
A rash provides historical lessons.