Search results for "Antibiotic Therapy"
IDSA guidelines aim to reduce death, disability and cost of prosthetic joint infections
Multispecialty physician teams need to work together to reduce disability, death and costs associated with the ever-growing number of prosthetic joint infections, according to the first guidelines on the topic by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2012/12/12/4.htm
12 Dec 2012
Recent Research
Organ failure in the ICU, non-cardiac surgery after stents and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/01/rr.htm
15 Jan 2013
Cases from Montefiore Medical Center
Amyloid as a cause of refractory heart failure, high-output heart failure from severe anemia, and other cases are discussed.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/02/briefcase.htm
15 Feb 2013
In the News
Guidelines for STEMI, ADA recommendations for blood pressure in diabetics, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/03/itn.htm
15 Mar 2013
Some antibiotics taken with statins may cause more hospitalizations, all-cause mortality
Older people taking statins who were prescribed clarithromycin or erythromycin were hospitalized more frequently for rhabdomyolysis and acute kidney injury and had higher all-cause mortality than people who were prescribed azithromycin, a study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2013/06/19/1.htm
19 Jun 2013
MKSAP quiz on antibiotics
These cases and commentary, which address antibiotics, are excerpted from ACP's Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program (MKSAP16).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/07/ty.htm
15 Jul 2013
Oral fluoroquinolones associated with increased dysglycemia risk in diabetics
Diabetic patients taking oral fluoroquinolones could have a higher risk for severe dysglycemia, according to a new study.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2013/08/21/4.htm
21 Aug 2013
Procalcitonin can help guide antibiotic therapy in ICU patients
Procalcitonin can help guide antibiotic management, including when to discontinue therapy, in ICU patients, a new meta-analysis found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2013/08/28/1.htm
28 Aug 2013
Recent Research
Thrombolysis in wake-up stroke, probiotics in Clostridium difficile, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/09/rr.htm
15 Sep 2013
Recent Research
Oral fluoroquinolones and dysglycemia, metoprolol before PCI, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/12/rr.htm
15 Dec 2013