Search results for "C. difficile"
C. difficile readmissions, PPIs regimens top Digestive Disease Week news
Readmissions for Clostridium difficile infections and proton pump inhibitor (PPI) treatment for ulcers were among the hospital-related research presented at Digestive Disease Week (DDW), currently underway in Chicago.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2014/05/07/2.htm
7 May 2014
C. difficile, surgical-site infection guidelines released
Several professional groups last week released joint guidelines for preventing Clostridium difficile infections and surgical-site infections in hospitals.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2014/05/14/2.htm
14 May 2014
In the News
Adding aspirin or NSAID to anticoagulant doubles bleeding risk, guidelines on Clostridium difficile and surgical-site infections, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/07/itn.htm
15 Jul 2014
A tasty solution to recurrent Clostridium difficile
Curing recurrent C. diff infections without fecal transplantation.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/09/success.htm
15 Sep 2014
Letter to the Editor: Reader disagrees about kefir for C. diff
A reader has reservations about treating recurrent Clostridium difficile with kefir.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/11/lte.htm
15 Nov 2014
Cases from the Seattle VA Hospital and the University of Washington
Cholangitis, tenofovir-induced Fanconi syndrome, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/11/briefcase.htm
15 Nov 2014
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https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/11/acph-201411-coding_t3.pdf
17 Nov 2014
Fecal transplant pills and other innovations in C. difficile
A report from IDWeek 2014 covers the latest treatments.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/12/cdiff.htm
15 Dec 2014
Ward-level antibiotic use predicts C. difficile risk
Inpatients' risk of developing Clostridium difficile is related to the rate of antibiotic prescribing on their wards, regardless of whether they themselves took an antibiotic, a recent study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2015/03/04/2.htm
4 Mar 2015
Continuous PPI use associated with C. difficile recurrences
Recurrences of Clostridium difficile were significantly more common among patients who continuously took proton-pump inhibitors (PPIs) than among those who didn't, a recent study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2015/03/11/3.htm
11 Mar 2015