February 8, 2023
Stopping the cycle of C. diff
Microbiota therapies offer exciting potential to reduce the burden of recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection, experts say.
Fixing hip fracture outcomes
Orthos, geriatricians, and hospitalists at one hospital collaborated to apply age-friendly strategies in their hip fracture care.
More than 1 in 10 hospitalized COVID-19 patients had cardiac event, 2021 study finds
An analysis of 8,460 patients hospitalized with COVID-19 in January to November 2021 also found that 23.4% of those with underlying cardiac disease experienced an acute cardiac event during their admission, as did 6.2% of those without pre-existing cardiac disease.
Intervention reduced medication burden in older patients discharged to postacute care
The single-center study randomized patients to either usual care or a pharmacist- or nurse practitioner-led medication review, patient/surrogate-approved deprescribing recommendations, and deprescribing actions initiated in the hospital and continued in postacute care.
Arterial catheters noninferior to venipuncture for blood cultures in critically ill patients
A prospective multicenter study in Japan found that cultures for suspected bloodstream infection had similar contamination rates when obtained via arterial catheters versus venipuncture.
Sepsis associated with higher cardiovascular risk after hospitalization
A retrospective cohort analysis of 2.25 million U.S. patients found that those with sepsis were at higher risk for all-cause mortality and rehospitalization for each major type of cardiovascular disease event, particularly heart failure, than those without.