June 7, 2023
Adding up adverse events
Patient safety experts talk about the latest data and what hospitalists can do to improve them.
Even the smallest steps can bring big changes
A physician offers tips on how hospitalists can make more use of pulmonary rehabilitation in patients with COPD.
Supervised walking may benefit hospitalized older adults, trial finds
Rates of discharge to a skilled nursing facility instead of home dropped from about 13% before implementation of the STRIDE (AssiSTed EaRly MobIlity for HospitalizeD VEterans) program to 8% afterward in a randomized trial at eight Veterans Affairs hospitals.
Intensive treatment may increase adverse events in older adults with elevated blood pressure
Intensive blood pressure treatment in the first 48 hours of hospitalization for a noncardiovascular diagnosis was associated with greater risk of a composite outcome that included cardiac injury, acute kidney injury, and transfer to the ICU.
Chief resident-led medical procedure service appears safe, successful
Internal medicine chief residents trained and supervised interns in ultrasound-guided procedures during a four-week rotation. Rates of overall procedure success, complications, and major complications were 94%, 2.6%, and 0.6%, respectively, according to analysis from 2011 to 2022.
90% of patients with Cryptococcus infections were HIV-negative, study finds
Most (60.8%) of the HIV-negative patients with cryptococcosis had another immunocompromising condition, according to the retrospective study using 2015 to 2019 data from hospitals in Australia and New Zealand.