Search results for "Procedures"
Fewer health care resources needed after ablation for afib, study finds
In an observational analysis, patients with afib who underwent ablation had fewer hospitalizations and ED visits in the two years after the procedure versus the year before it.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/09/20/fewer-health-care-resources-needed-after-ablation-for-afib-study-finds.htm
20 Sep 2023
Troponin level may help predict mortality in patients admitted with afib
Troponin levels were associated with risk for death, and coronary angiography was associated with both higher troponin levels and lower mortality.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/04/01/6.htm
1 Apr 2020
How to hire millennials
A hospital's culture was a bigger factor in taking or keeping a job than pay or potential for advancement, according to a recent study of hospitalists born after 1982.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/07/20/how-to-hire-millennials.htm
20 Jul 2022
Reducing returns to the ED
A transition clinic smoothed care for patients, the ED, and hospitalists, a study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/06/14/reducing-returns-to-the-ed.htm
14 Jun 2023
Oxygen has no analgesic effect for patients undergoing PCI, study finds
Patients being treated with percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for suspected acute myocardial infarction were randomly assigned to either 6 L of oxygen per minute or ambient air in a Swedish trial.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/08/22/3.htm
22 Aug 2018
Bundled payments for hip, knee replacement reduced costs with no change in complications
The mandatory bundled payment programs saved costs largely because fewer patients were sent to post-acute care facilities after hip or knee replacements, a study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/01/09/4.htm
9 Jan 2019
New antibiotic approved for hospital-acquired pneumonia
The FDA approved sulbactam and durlobactam for injection to treat hospital-acquired or ventilator-associated pneumonia caused by susceptible strains of Acinetobacter baumannii-calcoaceticus complex, among other recent actions.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/07/05/new-antibiotic-approved-for-hospital-acquired-pneumonia.htm
5 Jul 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
Proteinuria associated with AKI, readmissions in surgical patients
Preoperative urinalysis assessments to identify patients at risk for acute kidney injury (AKI) may improve outcomes, according to the study authors, who called for prospective studies on the topic.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/07/11/2.htm
11 Jul 2018
Late diagnoses, routine cultures, and more
Research summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/05/recent-research.htm
15 May 2021