Search results for "Infectious Diseases"
Functional status predicts benefit of surgery in older patients with infective endocarditis
Surgery was strongly associated with one-year survival in patients hospitalized with left-sided infective endocarditis at ages 80 years or older, except if they were unable to walk unassisted or had an Activities of Daily Living score less than 4 at baseline.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/07/05/functional-status-predicts-benefit-of-surgery-in-older-patients-with-infective-endocarditis.htm
5 Jul 2023
Thinking about how you treat
The new field of management reasoning holds potential to improve medical education and practice, researchers say.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/06/21/thinking-about-how-you-treat.htm
21 Jun 2023
Two-step testing for Clostridioides difficile appears safe in multicenter study
Using an enzyme immunoassay after a positive nucleic acid amplification test was associated with a decrease in hospital-onset Clostridioides difficile infections and a reduction in related antibiotic use but no change in emergent colectomies.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/06/14/two-step-testing-for-clostridioides-difficile-appears-safe-in-multicenter-study.htm
14 Jun 2023
90% of patients with Cryptococcus infections were HIV-negative, study finds
Most (60.8%) of the HIV-negative patients with cryptococcosis had another immunocompromising condition, according to the retrospective study using 2015 to 2019 data from hospitals in Australia and New Zealand.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/06/07/90percent-of-patients-with-cryptococcus-infections-were-hiv-negative-study-finds.htm
7 Jun 2023
Higher risk of false-positive HIV test in those testing positive for COVID-19 infection
Hospitalized patients with positive SARS-CoV-2 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test results were significantly more likely to have a false-positive fourth-generation HIV test than those with negative SARS-CoV-2 PCR test results, a retrospective study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/05/24/free/higher-risk-of-false-positive-hiv-test-in-those-testing-positive-for-covid-19-infection.htm
24 May 2023
Mandatory approval process for C. diff testing linked to lower hospital-onset infection rates
An intervention that required mandatory approval from an infectious diseases physician before testing for Clostridioides difficile was associated with a greater than 50% decrease in hospital-onset C. difficile infection rates at one hospital.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/05/17/mandatory-approval-process-for-c-diff-testing-linked-to-lower-hospital-onset-infection-rates.htm
17 May 2023
Recommendations on preventing surgical-site infections updated
The latest recommendations from the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America lowered the recommended postoperative target glucose level from less than 180 mg/dL to between 110 and 150 mg/dL, among other changes.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/05/10/recommendations-on-preventing-surgical-site-infections-updated.htm
10 May 2023
Comparison of multiple blood cultures can accurately identify CLABSI, review finds
Differential time to positivity between central-line and peripheral cultures was both sensitive and specific for diagnosing central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs), although it worked less well when Staphylococcus aureus or Candida was present.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/04/26/comparison-of-multiple-blood-cultures-can-accurately-identify-clabsi-review-finds.htm
26 Apr 2023
Few low-risk inpatients with CAP switched from IV to oral therapy
Patients hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) who transitioned from IV to oral antibiotics by day 3 had shorter length of stay and lower hospitalization cost than those who did not, with no increase in 14-day mortality or ICU admission, a retrospective study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/04/12/few-low-risk-inpatients-with-cap-switched-from-iv-to-oral-therapy.htm
12 Apr 2023
Rapidly progressive cerebral edema in cryptococcal meningitis
A patient previously diagnosed with an upper respiratory infection presented with fever, headache, and confusion.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/03/29/free/rapidly-progressive-cerebral-edema-in-cryptococcal-meningitis.htm
29 Mar 2023