Search results for "researchers"
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.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/05/22/avoiding-the-antibiogram.htm
22 May 2024
Dabigatran risks may be greater than people realize, researchers say
The potential risks of dabigatran are not appreciated, particularly where the elderly are concerned, according to a letter written by researchers who tracked bleeding events in patients who took the drug.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2012/03/07/2.htm
7 Mar 2012
A plan for paracentesis
A hospitalist launched a clinic to provide paracentesis to patients who repeatedly presented to the ED with ascites.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/05/22/free/a-plan-for-paracentesis.htm
22 May 2024
Decongestion strategies inconsistently applied in U.S. patients hospitalized for heart failure
Estimated weight loss due to inpatient decongestion varied across 31 hospitals, with some patients gaining weight during admission, a cohort study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/05/15/decongestion-strategies-inconsistently-applied-in-us-patients-hospitalized-for-heart-failure.htm
15 May 2024
Solo chlorhexidine not as efficacious as many believe, researchers say
Chlorhexidine by itself is not as efficacious for skin antisepsis as many believe, the authors of a systematic review said last week.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2014/05/07/1.htm
7 May 2014
Thick liquid diet may not improve outcomes in patients with dementia, dysphagia
A cohort study found no difference in hospital mortality and higher risk for respiratory complications in patients with Alzheimer disease and related dementias who received a thick versus thin liquid diet.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/05/15/thick-liquid-diet-may-not-improve-outcomes-in-patients-with-dementia-dysphagia.htm
15 May 2024
Rapid diagnostics, antimicrobial stewardship both needed for optimal BSI management
Mortality, length of stay, and time to optimal therapy improved when rapid diagnostic tests were used together with conventional blood cultures in antimicrobial stewardship programs for patients with bloodstream infection (BSI), a review found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/05/08/rapid-diagnostics-antimicrobial-stewardship-both-needed-for-optimal-bsi-management.htm
8 May 2024
No difference found for moderate vs. mild hypothermia for comatose survivors of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
There may not be a single, optimal target temperature for all patients with cardiac arrest, noted the authors of a trial that compared target temperatures of 31 °C and 34 °C. The effects of therapeutic hypothermia could be modulated by several clinical variables, they suggested.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/10/27/4.htm
27 Oct 2021
Ultrasound shows potential as first-line diagnostic tool in suspected GCA
Diagnosis of giant-cell arteritis (GCA) was confirmed on temporal artery ultrasound in 44% of patients referred for high clinical suspicion of the condition, avoiding the need for biopsy, a study at six French hospitals found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/05/08/ultrasound-shows-potential-as-first-line-diagnostic-tool-in-suspected-gca.htm
8 May 2024
High-intensity statins associated with survival after myocardial infarction in elderly
Among French patients 80 years or older at the time of a myocardial infarction, receiving high-intensity lipid-lowering therapy at discharge was associated with lower risk of death over five years.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/05/08/high-intensity-statins-associated-with-survival-after-myocardial-infarction-in-elderly.htm
8 May 2024