Search results for "Adverse Events"
Chlorhexidine bathing wasn't effective for preventing infections on the wards
One health system described an unsuccessful intervention to combat methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), while the CDC reported that overall declines in hospital-onset MRSA have slowed.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/03/13/4.htm
13 Mar 2019
Syncope, sepsis resuscitation, and more
Research summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/10/recent-research.htm
15 Oct 2020
New tetracycline noninferior to standard-of-care antibiotics for two common infections
Omadacycline, a new-generation tetracycline, was approved in 2018 by the FDA to treat adults with acute bacterial skin and skin-structure infections and community-acquired bacterial pneumonia.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/02/13/1.htm
13 Feb 2019
Prepare for Parkinson's disease patients
Medication management and other strategies can improve a hospital stay.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/08/prepare-for-parkinsons-disease-patients.htm
15 Aug 2019
Postdischarge MRSA decolonization reduced infections, hospitalizations
Patients colonized with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) were given chlorhexidine for bathing and rinsing their mouths, as well as nasal mupirocin, and instructed on regular decolonization for the next six months.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/02/27/3.htm
27 Feb 2019
Making transfers run smoothly
A lack of guidelines and fragmented systems can impede success.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/02/making-transfers-run-smoothly.htm
15 Feb 2020
COVID-19 research looks at effects and risks of potential drug therapies, proning
Trials offered inconclusive evidence about remdesivir, a pilot study found benefits to prone self-positioning for ED patients, and other research quantified the risk of QT prolongation with hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin and provided reassurance about hypertension drugs.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/05/06/1.htm
6 May 2020
Two-thirds of patients admitted for pneumonia received excess antibiotic therapy
Antibiotics prescribed at discharge accounted for 93.2% of excess days of therapy in the multihospital study, highlighting “an urgent and unmet need for discharge stewardship,” the authors wrote.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/07/10/1.htm
10 Jul 2019
High-intensity medical therapy at HF discharge reduced readmissions, death
Researchers stopped the STRONG-HF randomized trial early due to greater than expected differences in outcomes between patients who received rapid up-titration of guideline-directed medical therapy under strict follow-up and those who received usual care.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/11/16/high-intensity-medical-therapy-at-hf-discharge-reduced-readmissions-death.htm
16 Nov 2022
Review finds benefit to early feeding for mild to moderate pancreatitis
The results support feeding acute pancreatitis patients sooner than recommended by current guidelines, according to the review authors, but an accompanying editorial urged caution in applying the research to practice.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/05/17/1.htm
17 May 2017