May 22, 2024
Avoiding the antibiogram
Hospitalists don't use antibiograms, a study found. One of the authors discusses why he thinks they're probably right not to.
A plan for paracentesis
A hospitalist launched a clinic to provide paracentesis to patients who repeatedly presented to the ED with ascites.
Cefepime associated with lower mortality than pip-tazo in sepsis, retrospective study finds
Among patients with sepsis, a treatment regimen of vancomycin and piperacillin-tazobactam was associated with a 5% increase in 90-day mortality compared with vancomycin plus cefepime, according to one hospital's analysis of a piperacillin-tazobactam shortage period.
More than 1 in 10 COVID-19 patients got discharge prescription of opioid, benzo, or antipsychotic
COVID-19 patients who were newly prescribed an opioid, benzodiazepine, or antipsychotic upon hospital discharge had a significantly higher risk of rehospitalization or death within 28 days, a single-center study found.
Factors identified to predict risk of type 2 MI in patients hospitalized with COVID-19
Patients who were on antihyperglycemic or anticoagulant medications before admission were less likely to be among the 2.2% of patients who had a type 2 non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (MI) while hospitalized with COVID-19, a retrospective study found.
MRAs significantly reduced mortality, hospitalizations in HF patients with low eGFR
Patients with heart failure (HF) whose estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) dropped below 30 mL/min/1.73 m2 after starting mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists (MRAs) had better outcomes than those on placebo, potentially justifying continuation of MRAs, a study found.
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