August 14, 2024
Why are there so many patients?
A researcher discusses recent study results indicating that hospital capacity challenges might have more to do with postacute care than the ED.
Techie or Luddite?
Don't tell the robot overlords, but sometimes a book can be useful.
ACC updates guidance on inpatient heart failure management
Greater emphasis on initiation of guideline-directed medical therapies and incorporation of palliative care are among the changes the American College of Cardiology (ACC) made in its updated consensus decision pathway.
New guidance issued on antimicrobial-resistant gram-negative infections
The Infectious Diseases Society of America's updated recommendations focus on several types of resistant Enterobacterales, Pseudomonas aeruginosa with difficult-to-treat resistance, carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii, and Stenotrophomonas maltophilia.
Risk for GI events in hospitalized patients similar with newer, older potassium binders
A retrospective study comparing outcomes in U.S. veterans found that risk for intestinal ischemia/thrombosis and a composite outcome of serious gastrointestinal (GI) events was low and did not differ in those who received sodium zirconium cyclosilicate or patiromer and those who received sodium polystyrene sulfonate.
Hospital websites have sparse information on disability accommodations
Of 445 randomly sampled U.S. hospital websites, a quarter lacked information on accommodations for people with disability and 60% did not provide a contact for patients to call with questions, according to a recent study.
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