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September 2009

ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/09/

Antibiotic prophylaxis more than 24 hours after surgery increased harms without reducing infections

The risks of acute kidney injury and Clostridium difficile infection consistently increased with each additional day of antimicrobial exposure.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/05/01/3.htm
1 May 2019

April 2011

ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/04/

Postoperative antibiotic prophylaxis may not reduce risk of surgical-site infection

Findings from a systematic review and meta-analysis of 52 studies support World Health Organization recommendations against continuing surgical antibiotic prophylaxis postoperatively.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/06/03/4.htm
3 Jun 2020

Do you need a checklist?

There's limited evidence but apparent potential for these tools in hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/02/do-you-need-a-checklist.htm
15 Feb 2021

Decision pathway addresses bleeding in patients on oral anticoagulants

The guidance from the American College of Cardiology covers management of major and minor bleeding in patients treated with direct-acting oral anticoagulants or vitamin K antagonists for any indication.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/07/22/4.htm
22 Jul 2020

Organ procurement procedures appear to vary by individual U.S. hospital

In a retrospective cross-sectional analysis of 13 hospitals covered by two organ procurement organizations, rates of conversion of potential donor patients into actual donors ranged from 0% to 51.0%.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/02/15/organ-procurement-procedures-appear-to-vary-by-individual-us-hospital.htm
15 Feb 2023

Interrupting DOACs for surgery associated with low rates of major bleeding, clots in afib patients

The standardized strategy stopped direct oral anticoagulants (DOAC) for one to two days prior to an elective surgery or procedure and resumed DOACs one to three days afterward, without heparin bridging, in patients with atrial fibrillation.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/08/14/3.htm
14 Aug 2019

Benefits of dedicated COVID-19 hospitals, ECMO; air sampling after aerosol-generating procedures

A health system reported outcomes at two hospitals created to treat only COVID-19. Another found that 42.9% of COVID-19 patients who got ECMO died, compared to 89.1% when it wasn't available. A sampling study compared viral particles in the air with different procedures.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/03/09/free/benefits-of-dedicated-covid-19-hospitals-ECMO-air-sampling-after-aerosol-generating-procedures.htm
9 Mar 2022

Studies find practice variation and frequent adverse events with mechanical ventilation

About 45% of critically ill patients experienced at least one major adverse peri-intubation event in one international study, while another study found that weaning and discontinuation practices vary around the world.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/03/31/5.htm
31 Mar 2021

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