Search results for "Endocarditis"
Addiction treatment rare after hospitalization for endocarditis related to injection drug use
Fewer than one-quarter of adults received medication for opioid use disorder (OUD) in the three months after discharge for injection drug use-associated endocarditis, and OUD treatment was associated with reduced mortality risk only in the month when patients were receiving it.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/10/21/5.htm
21 Oct 2020
Diets, contrast injuries, and more
Research summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/01/recent-research.htm
15 Jan 2021
Injection drug use-associated infective endocarditis carries higher risk of systemic emboli
An international cohort study found that mortality rates were lower when infective endocarditis was associated with injection drug use compared to other causes, and these patients, who were typically young and healthy, less often underwent cardiac surgery.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/02/03/4.htm
3 Feb 2021
COPD meds, endocarditis, and more
Recent research from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/04/recent-research.htm
15 Apr 2021
MKSAP quiz on health care-associated infections
This month's quiz includes questions from ACP's Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program (MKSAP 18) on health care-associated infections.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/05/mksap-quiz-on-health-care-associated-infections.htm
15 May 2021
Diuretic guidance, endocarditis risks, and more
Research summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/06/recent-research.htm
15 Jun 2021
Complications of care
ICD-10 requires that a complication code be assigned every time certain conditions or diagnoses are coded.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/07/coding-corner-complications-of-care.htm
15 Jul 2021
Prediction rules for endocarditis in patients with Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia compared
In a Dutch study, one score (the VISTRA score) was considered safe for excluding endocarditis but could increase procedure use by classifying more patients as high risk.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/07/28/4.htm
28 Jul 2021
Team up to treat opioid addiction
Hospitalists can improve care even without the expertise of an addiction medicine consult service.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/09/team-up-to-treat-opioid-addiction.htm
15 Sep 2021
AHA offers guiding principles to treat infective endocarditis in patients who inject drugs
In patients who inject drugs, management of infective endocarditis without addiction treatment “is failing to treat the underlying cause of illness, an ideal that is a principal tenet in all other medical conditions,” the American Heart Association (AHA) said in a scientific statement.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/09/07/aha-offers-guiding-principles-to-treat-infective-endocarditis-in-patients-who-inject-drugs.htm
7 Sep 2022