Search results for "CAP"
Hospitalists plus students
Direct care hospitalist teaching services have been on the rise, giving physicians and students more time to interact.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/11/13/hospitalists-plus-students.htm
13 Nov 2024
Guidance released for treating CAP in immunocompromised patients
The recommendations, based mainly on expert opinion, include general principles of empiric therapy and advice for specific pathogens, including methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and resistant gram-negative bacilli.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/06/24/4.htm
24 Jun 2020
Guideline addresses viral testing in patients with community-acquired pneumonia
The new American Thoracic Society guideline opposes routine use of nucleic acid-based testing for noninfluenza viral pathogens in outpatients with community-acquired pneumonia but identifies some uses for the tests in inpatients.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/05/12/4.htm
12 May 2021
Sickle cell drug withdrawn from market
The FDA recently announced that voxelotor was being removed from the market, along with several ventilator- and pump-related recalls, among other actions.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/11/06/sickle-cell-drug-withdrawn-from-market.htm
6 Nov 2024
Beta-lactam plus doxycycline associated with lower mortality in older patients with CAP
Compared to other guideline-concordant empiric therapies for patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), beta-lactam plus doxycycline was associated with lower 30-day and 90-day mortality in a Veterans Affairs cohort study.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/11/17/2.htm
17 Nov 2021
November 1, 2023
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/11/01/
January 31, 2024
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/01/31/
ATS/IDSA release clinical practice guideline on diagnosing, treating CAP
The new American Thoracic Society (ATS) and Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) guideline updates the 2007 community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) guideline and includes significant changes, such as preferring macrolides over fluoroquinolones.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/10/09/2.htm
9 Oct 2019
November 8, 2023
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/11/08/
Corticosteroids bundled with other interventions didn't improve outcomes in CAP
An Australian trial randomized hospital patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) to a week of corticosteroids, de-escalation to oral antibiotics, early mobilization, and malnutrition screening and treatment.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/07/17/2.htm
17 Jul 2019