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Few guidelines address inpatient blood pressure management
A search of current guidelines did not find any recommended goals for inpatient blood pressure or any recommendations on how to manage asymptomatic moderately elevated blood pressure in the hospital.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/04/03/few-guidelines-address-inpatient-blood-pressure-management.htm
3 Apr 2024
Inappropriate CAP diagnosis common in hospitalized adults
A prospective cohort study of 48 hospitals in Michigan found that 12% of patients hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) appeared to have been diagnosed incorrectly and that of these, 87.6% received a full course of antibiotics.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/03/27/inappropriate-cap-diagnosis-common-in-hospitalized-adults.htm
27 Mar 2024
Home telemonitoring may reduce readmissions in high-risk patients
A randomized trial at two tertiary care hospitals found that risk for death or readmission within 30 days was 18.2% in patients who received home telemonitoring after discharge versus 23.7% in those who received standard care.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/02/03/3.htm
3 Feb 2021
August 16, 2023
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/08/16/
Laws promoting flu vaccination in hospital workers associated with improved mortality rates
From 1995 to 2017, 13 states and the District of Columbia have passed laws on flu vaccine in hospital workers, most requiring hospitals to provide vaccination onsite for employees and some mandating vaccination or face masks for unvaccinated workers.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/01/13/3.htm
13 Jan 2021
July 5, 2023
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/07/05/
March 1, 2023
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/03/01/
Two studies offer insight on using age, d-dimer, algorithms for diagnosing PE
For patients with suspected pulmonary embolism (PE), a meta-analysis found that pretest probability-dependent d-dimer thresholds were the most efficient strategy, while a trial found that the YEARS rule with an age-adjusted d-dimer cutoff was noninferior to a conventional strategy.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/12/15/1.htm
15 Dec 2021
November 16, 2022
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/11/16/
Equation may help guide diuretic therapy in acute decompensated heart failure
The newly developed and validated equation predicts sodium output based on a spot urine sample collected two hours after administration of loop diuretics.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/02/10/2.htm
10 Feb 2021