Search results for "Pneumonia"
January 11, 2023
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
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July 6, 2022
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
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November 16, 2022
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
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September 14, 2022
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
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February 16, 2022
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
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November 23, 2022
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
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Hospitals with higher proportion of Black patients hit with value-based Medicare penalties
Mortality rates for myocardial infarction and pneumonia were consistently higher at hospitals that treated a high proportion of Black patients, and that didn't change after implementation of Medicare's value-based payment program, a 10-year study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/01/10/hospitals-with-higher-proportion-of-black-patients-hit-with-value-based-medicare-penalties.htm
10 Jan 2024
Gabapentin associated with delirium, pneumonia in older postop patients
A propensity-matched study found that patients ages 65 years and older who received gabapentin after surgery had a 3.4% risk of delirium and 1.3% risk of pneumonia, compared to 2.6% and 1.2%, respectively, in patients not taking the drug. Risk of in-hospital death was similar between groups.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/09/28/gabapentin-associated-with-delirium-pneumonia-in-older-postop-patients.htm
28 Sep 2022
COVID-19, other pneumonia causes associated with similar mortality after ventilation
The authors of a retrospective cohort study comparing outcomes between patients with pneumonia due to COVID-19 versus other causes said that use of mechanical ventilation in the former group should follow guidelines established for the latter.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/01/18/free/covid-19-other-pneumonia-causes-associated-with-similar-mortality-after-ventilation.htm
18 Jan 2023
Risk factors may not accurately identify complicated Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia
The Infectious Diseases Society of America's criteria for determining complicated S. aureus bacteremia had low to moderate predictive value and could lead to unnecessary antibiotic treatment, according to a prospective cohort study in the Netherlands.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/01/10/risk-factors-may-not-accurately-identify-complicated-staphylococcus-aureus-bacteremia.htm
10 Jan 2024