Search results for "Antibiotic Therapy"
Delirium, treating drug resistance, fall prevention
A 75-year-old woman with a long history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is evaluated in the intensive care unit for delirium... and other cases.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/01/test.htm
15 Jan 2009
Documentation of medical necessity
“Medical necessity” is a vague standard, but it's a crucial one to try to understand.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/11/coding.htm
15 Nov 2012
For patients with injection drug-related invasive infections leaving AMA, oral antibiotic prescription may reduce readmissions
Outcomes were compared among patients who completed a full course of IV antibiotics during hospitalization, received a partial IV course and no antibiotics prescription at discharge against medical advice (AMA), or received a partial IV course and an antibiotics prescription at AMA discharge.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/04/08/4.htm
8 Apr 2020
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
Trial fails to find noninferiority for beta-lactam vs. beta-lactam plus macrolide in CAP
A noninferiority trial for treatment of community-acquired pneumonia patients was unable to prove that a beta-lactam alone was noninferior to a beta-lactam plus a macrolide.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2014/10/22/5.htm
22 Oct 2014
Periop anticoagulation in afib, patient-to-intensivist ratios, and more
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/05/in-the-news.htm
15 May 2017
Acute exacerbation of COPD
Diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up of acute exacerbation of COPD in a 67-year-old man.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/04/morning-report-COPD.htm
15 Apr 2016
MKSAP quiz on gout
These cases and commentary, which address gout, are excerpted from ACP's Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program (MKSAP15).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/04/ty.htm
15 Apr 2012
CDC warns of Q fever in Iraq, Netherlands
Suggest a colleague as a Top Hospitalist
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2010/05/19/5.htm
19 May 2010
IDSA releases guidance on antibiotic selection for gram-negative antimicrobial-resistant bacterial infections
New treatment guidance from the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) focused on extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Enterobacterales, carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa with difficult-to-treat resistance.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/09/16/2.htm
16 Sep 2020