Search results for "Diagnosis"
Routine bronchoscopy may not be necessary in patients with EVALI
Findings from a case series of patients with electronic cigarette or vaping product use-associated lung injury (EVALI) at a hospital in Utah suggest that bronchoscopy rarely contributed meaningfully to diagnosis, given the frequency of false positives.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/11/11/3.htm
11 Nov 2020
High stakes: Considerations about cannabis
More Americans are taking cannabis, complicating inpatient care. Understanding patients' use patterns and history is key to mitigating risks during a hospital stay.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/02/07/free/high-stakes-considerations-about-cannabis.htm
7 Feb 2024
Immediate catheter drainage not superior to delayed in infected necrotizing pancreatitis
A trial found that catheter drainage within 24 hours was associated with similar complications but a greater number of interventions compared to drainage that was delayed until the development of walled-off necrosis.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/10/20/4.htm
20 Oct 2021
June 2014
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/06/
Cases from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas
A group of cases involving lytic lesions.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/08/09/free/a-group-of-cases-involving-lytic-lesions.htm
9 Aug 2023
Study finds no mortality benefit from use of oxygen in all patients with suspected ACS
Providing oxygen at 6 L/min to 8 L/min by face mask to all patients presenting with suspected acute coronary syndrome (ACS) versus only if oxygen saturation was less than 90% did not improve outcomes in a pragmatic, cluster-randomized, crossover trial in New Zealand.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/03/10/4.htm
10 Mar 2021
May 2021
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/05/
CMS sepsis measure associated with increases in antibiotic use
Use of broad-spectrum antibiotics, especially in sepsis patients, went up after SEP-1 was implemented, but rates of Clostridioides difficile infection decreased.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/09/02/5.htm
2 Sep 2020
December 2009
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/12/
October 2011
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/10/