Search results for "Adverse Events"
Opioids for nonmalignant pain have different adverse event profiles
Adverse events among older adults using opioids for nonmalignant pain vary significantly by agent, contrary to the commonly held belief that all opioids are associated with a similar risk, a study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2010/12/22/2.htm
22 Dec 2010
New injectable antibiotic approved, infusers recalled
Details on the approval of ceftaroline fosamil, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/01/fda.htm
15 Jan 2011
The fantasy hospitalist league
What if there were a fantasy league for hospitalists?
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/01/newman.htm
15 Jan 2011
Journal watch: Recent studies of note
Oral low-dose steroids for COPD exacerbations, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/01/jw.htm
15 Jan 2011
Keystone ICU project associated with lower hospital mortality in Michigan vs. region
The Michigan Keystone ICU project, a statewide quality improvement initiative, was associated with lower hospital mortality compared to surrounding Midwestern states, a study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2011/02/09/2.htm
9 Feb 2011
Hospital medicine in South America
A hospitalist-in-training reports from PASHA, the first congress of the Pan-American Society of Hospitalists, held in November in Brazil.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/02/student.htm
15 Feb 2011
Journal watch: Recent studies of note
Hospitalists' cost-effectiveness, vasopressin antagonists and hyponatremia, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/02/jw.htm
15 Feb 2011
Wireless pulmonary monitoring associated with less hospitalization
A wireless implantable hemodynamic monitoring system was associated with a significant reduction in hospitalizations for heart failure patients, researchers found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2011/02/16/5.htm
16 Feb 2011
Acid suppression benefits don't outweigh harms
Acid-suppressive medication does reduce patients' risk of nosocomial gastrointestinal tract bleeding, but the incidence is so low in non-critically ill hospitalized patients that prophylactic treatment should not be used routinely in patients outside of the intensive care unit, a new study concluded.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2011/03/02/2.htm
2 Mar 2011
Acute heart failure outcomes don't differ by furosemide dose level, interval of administration
Outcomes for patients with acute decompensated heart failure don't differ when furosemide is delivered via continuous infusion versus bolus, or at a high dose versus a low dose, a new study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2011/03/09/1.htm
9 Mar 2011