April 9, 2025
Parenteral, enteral, and malnutrition in the hospital
Malnutrition may be everywhere, but feeding won't fix every patient. Experts offered their advice on nutritional interventions.
Beefing up on BCNE
The lead author of a recent statement on blood-culture negative endocarditis (BCNE) shared his advice at Internal Medicine Meeting 2025.
New studies highlight importance of intervening on OUD during hospitalization
Implementation of an addiction consult team doubled use of medications for opioid use disorder (OUD) during hospitalization, a trial showed, while another study of veterans with OUD found the highest rates of opioid-related deaths in the two weeks after a medical hospitalization.
Thoracentesis didn't improve outcomes in heart failure with pleural effusion
A Danish trial that randomized some patients with heart failure and pleural effusion to upfront ultrasound-guided catheter thoracentesis in addition to standard medical therapy found no differences in mortality or days out of the hospital within 90 days.
Invasive group A strep incidence up sharply in the U.S. over last decade
Among those ages 18 to 64 years, incidence of invasive group A Streptococcus infection rose from 3.2 per 100,000 persons in 2013 to 8.7 per 100,000 in 2022, according to new data from CDC researchers.
First national practice standards for hospital at home developed
The practice standards devised by the Hospital at Home Users Group cover leadership, education and training, human resources management, quality and quality improvement, safe practice and environment, and clinical standards and protocols.
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