Search results for "Adverse Events"
June 7, 2023
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/06/07/
Intensifying hypertension regimen at discharge associated with readmissions, adverse events
Rates of cardiovascular events within a year were similar regardless of whether patients treated at Veterans Health Administration hospitals for noncardiac conditions had their hypertension medication regimens intensified at discharge.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/08/28/1.htm
28 Aug 2019
Adding up adverse events
Patient safety experts talk about the latest data and what hospitalists can do to improve them.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/06/07/adding-up-adverse-events.htm
7 Jun 2023
Studies find practice variation and frequent adverse events with mechanical ventilation
About 45% of critically ill patients experienced at least one major adverse peri-intubation event in one international study, while another study found that weaning and discontinuation practices vary around the world.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/03/31/5.htm
31 Mar 2021
Coadministration of antidepressants, certain opioids linked to adverse events in nursing home patients
Older nursing home patients who received both CYP2D6-metabolized opioids and CYP2D6-inhibiting antidepressants were at higher risk for worsening pain, pain-related hospitalization, pain-related ED visits, and opioid use disorder in a recent study.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/07/24/coadministration-of-antidepressants-certain-opioids-linked-to-adverse-events-in-nursing-home-patients.htm
24 Jul 2024
Ventilator bundle reduced adverse events, including pneumonia
The bundle included head-of-bed elevation, use of subglottic secretion drainage endotracheal tubes, oral care, chlorhexidine mouth care, and daily spontaneous awakening and breathing trials.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/05/10/2.htm
10 May 2017
January 3, 2024
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/01/03/
No adverse events from MRI in patients with pacemakers and ICDs, study finds
The prospective, nonrandomized study included 1,509 patients who had a “legacy” pacemaker or ICD that did not meet FDA criteria to be MRI-conditional.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/01/10/1.htm
10 Jan 2018
April 2018
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/04/
History of ischemic stroke raises risk of adverse events after noncardiac surgery
A history of ischemic stroke, especially within the previous 9 months, was associated with a higher risk of adverse events after noncardiac surgery, a new study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2014/07/23/4.htm
23 Jul 2014