Search results for "researchers"
Early minimally invasive surgery may improve outcomes for certain intracerebral hemorrhages
An industry-sponsored trial found that functional outcomes at 180 days were better with minimally invasive hematoma evacuation plus guideline-based medical management than medical management alone, if surgery could be done within 24 hours.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/04/17/early-minimally-invasive-surgery-may-improve-outcomes-for-certain-intracerebral-hemorrhages.htm
17 Apr 2024
Risk for adverse outcomes after early-onset MI appears higher in Black patients
Researchers calculated that 45.7% of race-related disparity in major adverse cardiac events after myocardial infarction (MI) among younger and middle-aged patients was due to lower income, highlighting the importance of social determinants of health.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/09/01/3.htm
1 Sep 2021
Current tools insufficient to guide anticoagulation decisions for new-onset AF in sepsis
The most commonly used stroke risk calculator does not predict postsepsis stroke and should not be used to guide decisions about anticoagulation among patients with new-onset atrial fibrillation (AF) and sepsis, a new study concluded.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/04/17/current-tools-insufficient-to-guide-anticoagulation-decisions-for-new-onset-af-in-sepsis.htm
17 Apr 2024
August 30, 2023
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/08/30/
Midline catheters may be safer than PICCs for short-term use
A retrospective cohort study found use of a peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) for difficult vascular access or for IV antibiotic therapy for 30 days or less was associated with higher risk for a bloodstream infection or occlusion than a midline catheter.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/12/08/2.htm
8 Dec 2021
Patients with low-risk S. aureus bacteremia may not need routine imaging
In a retrospective cohort study in the Netherlands, relapse-free survival at 90 days was similar in patients with low-risk S. aureus infection who received additional imaging and those who did not.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/04/17/patients-with-low-risk-s-aureus-bacteremia-may-not-need-routine-imaging.htm
17 Apr 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
Knowing when AI is wrong
Physicians need to learn the explanations behind artificial intelligence (AI) answers, say the authors of a study in which hospitalists had lower diagnostic accuracy when working with biased AI.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/03/13/knowing-when-ai-is-wrong.htm
13 Mar 2024
Routine bronchoscopy may not be necessary in patients with EVALI
Findings from a case series of patients with electronic cigarette or vaping product use-associated lung injury (EVALI) at a hospital in Utah suggest that bronchoscopy rarely contributed meaningfully to diagnosis, given the frequency of false positives.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/11/11/3.htm
11 Nov 2020
Take a bite out of HAP
Brushing teeth reduces hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP) risk, and changes are needed to make this simple practice happen more regularly in the hospital.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/03/06/free/take-a-bite-out-of-hap.htm
6 Mar 2024