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Cases from the University of Massachusetts

Acute drug-induced pancytopenia, liver injury, anaplasmosis, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/02/22/free/brief-case-from-the-university-of-massachusetts.htm
22 Feb 2023

Wellness group, redirection of patients to other services aided COVID-19 response

Group meetings and individual coaching helped hospitalists at one facility deal with COVID-19 stress, a study showed, while another described how redirecting some common medicine diagnoses to admission by other services reduced the pressure of pandemic patient surges.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/02/22/free/wellness-group-redirection-of-patients-to-other-services-aided-covid-19-response.htm
22 Feb 2023

Pseudo-Wellens syndrome with Takotsubo cardiomyopathy

A patient was transferred for evaluation for non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/01/18/free/brief-case-pseudo-wellens-syndrome-with-takotsubo-cardiomyopathy.htm
18 Jan 2023

Aggressive fluid strategy didn't avert progression to severe pancreatitis

The randomized trial was stopped early due to lack of benefit and significantly higher risk of fluid overload in patients receiving an aggressive fluid resuscitation strategy compared to those getting moderate resuscitation.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/09/21/free/aggressive-fluid-strategy-didnt-avert-progression-to-severe-pancreatitis.htm
21 Sep 2022

Procalcitonin algorithm reduced antibiotic use in patients with acute pancreatitis

A randomized trial assigned some patients to a treatment strategy of starting, stopping, or continuing antibiotics based on whether their procalcitonin test value was more or less than 1.0 ng/mL.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/07/27/procalcitonin-algorithm-reduced-antibiotic-use-in-patients-with-acute-pancreatitis.htm
27 Jul 2022

Enteral tubes, insulin recalled

The FDA also recently approved a first-in-class type 2 diabetes drug and generic versions of sodium phosphate injections, lactated Ringer's with 5% dextrose injections, dapagliflozin, and digoxin tablets.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/05/25/enteral-tubes-insulin-recalled.htm
25 May 2022

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