Search results for "Antibiotic Therapy"
Drug-resistance score helped guide antibiotic use in ED patients with pneumonia
Electronically calculating the newly developed score reduced initial empiric broad-spectrum antibiotic use compared to using health care-associated pneumonia criteria.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/05/15/3.htm
15 May 2019
Beta-blockers, antibiotic algorithm, and more
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/04/recent-research.htm
15 Apr 2019
Treatment of trainees, admission patterns, and more
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/03/recent-research.htm
15 Mar 2019
Individual case: Drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms
A patient with fever and rash during treatment for orbital cellulitis and cavernous sinus thrombosis.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/03/brief-case-individual-dress.htm
15 Mar 2019
Door-to-antibiotic time associated with one-year mortality among sepsis patients
Based on the retrospective study's findings, decreasing average door-to-antibiotic time to 1.5 hours could prevent one death for every 61 sepsis patients admitted through the ED, the authors calculated.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/02/27/2.htm
27 Feb 2019
Antibiotic use common during asthma hospitalizations, associated with longer stay
For patients receiving systemic corticosteroids during an asthma hospitalization, getting antibiotics in addition wasn't associated with any reduction in treatment failure, according to a large retrospective study.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/02/06/4.htm
6 Feb 2019
Early oral step-down therapy did not increase 30-day mortality rates for Enterobacteriaceae bacteremia
Compared to continuing parenteral therapy for Enterobacteriaceae bacteremia, stepping down to oral therapy within five days of treatment initiation was associated with similar clinical outcomes and earlier discharge in a retrospective multicenter cohort study.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/01/30/2.htm
30 Jan 2019
Debates in sepsis
Experts disagree about use of antibiotics, IV fluids, and quality measures.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/01/debates-in-sepsis.htm
15 Jan 2019
Outcomes similar with one or two weeks of antibiotics for gram-negative bacteremia
Although 90-day mortality and readmission rates were not affected by shorter therapy, neither were rates of adverse events such as Clostridium difficile infection.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/12/19/1.htm
19 Dec 2018
Antibiotics for COPD, shock after MI, and more
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/12/recent-research.htm
15 Dec 2018