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Guidance offered on use of IV albumin

The recommendations from the International Collaboration for Transfusion Medicine Guidelines address several clinical settings and conditions, including critical care, cardiovascular surgery, and cirrhosis.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/03/13/guidance-offered-on-use-of-iv-albumin.htm
13 Mar 2024

Genetic test for opioid disorder risk approved

The new test is to be used prior to patients' first exposure to oral opioids for the treatment of acute pain. Other recent FDA actions include a recall of overly potent IV drugs.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/02/07/genetic-test-for-opioid-disorder-risk-approved.htm
7 Feb 2024

High stakes: Considerations about cannabis

More Americans are taking cannabis, complicating inpatient care. Understanding patients' use patterns and history is key to mitigating risks during a hospital stay.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/02/07/free/high-stakes-considerations-about-cannabis.htm
7 Feb 2024

Updated recommendations on corticosteroids in sepsis, ARDS, CAP

New guidance from the Society of Critical Care Medicine includes conditional recommendations to administer corticosteroids to patients with septic shock or acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), and a strong recommendation for severe community-acquired pneumonia (CAP).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/01/31/updated-recommendations-on-corticosteroids-in-sepsis-ards-cap.htm
31 Jan 2024

Acute kidney injury

Documenting acute kidney injury frequently requires assessing the trajectory of a patient's creatinine levels.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/01/17/acute-kidney-injury.htm
17 Jan 2024

Study of Medicare claims finds good outcomes with hospital at home

Only 6.2% of Medicare fee-for-service patients who were hospitalized at home had to be escalated to another setting and 0.5% died during the admission, according to an analysis of 2022 to 2023 claims data. Their 30-day readmission rate was 15.6%.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/01/10/study-of-medicare-claims-finds-good-outcomes-with-hospital-at-home.htm
10 Jan 2024

CDC publishes guidance on testing for flu, COVID-19, RSV

Patients being hospitalized with acute respiratory illness during flu season should be tested with the combined nucleic acid assay for influenza A/B/SARS-CoV-2, if possible, with repeat testing if the SARS-CoV-2 result is negative.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/12/20/free/cdc-publishes-guidance-on-testing-for-flu-covid-19-rsv.htm
20 Dec 2023

Spinal epidural abscess

A patient presented with acute-on-chronic lumbosacral back pain and new-onset urinary incontinence.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/11/01/free/spinal-epidural-abscess.htm
1 Nov 2023

Latest COVID-19 trials show convalescent plasma worked, vitamin C did not

A trial of high-titer convalescent plasma in COVID-19 patients recently put on mechanical ventilation found an improvement in mortality, while another study showed that IV vitamin C did not help and might have harmed patients.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/11/01/free/latest-covid-19-trials-show-convalescent-plasma-worked-vitamin-c-did-not.htm
1 Nov 2023

Position paper calls on CMS to revise plan to pay for sepsis performance

Paying hospitals based on the SEP-1 bundle would divert attention and resources from more effective ways to provide comprehensive sepsis care, said medical groups including the Infectious Diseases Society of America and the Society of Hospital Medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/10/25/position-paper-calls-on-cms-to-revise-plan-to-pay-for-sepsis-performance.htm
25 Oct 2023

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