Search results for "Antibiotics"
Rethinking AMA
Certain steps can help achieve a successful outcome when a patient wants to leave the hospital.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2025/02/05/rethinking-ama.htm
5 Feb 2025
Delaying broad-spectrum antibiotics does not affect outcomes, study finds
Mortality, readmission, and adverse drug events did not differ among inpatients who received delayed broad-spectrum antibiotic therapy versus early broad-spectrum antibiotic therapy.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2025/02/05/delaying-broad-spectrum-antibiotics-does-not-affect-outcomes-study-finds.htm
5 Feb 2025
Inpatient antibiotic stewardship programs decreased antibiotic use but not infection rates
Although the nine studied hospitals successfully decreased their use of targeted antibiotics, rates of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase, vancomycin-resistant enterococci, carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae, and multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa did not improve.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/07/22/5.htm
22 Jul 2020
Novel metric may improve measurement of antibiotic stewardship efforts
Days of antibiotic spectrum coverage may be a more accurate metric than days of therapy for evaluating programs that promote use of narrow-spectrum antibiotic agents, a study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/12/22/3.htm
22 Dec 2021
Unpalette-able
Medicine comes in a rainbow of colors.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2025/01/22/free/unpalette-able.htm
22 Jan 2025
Advice from ACP supports short courses of antibiotics for several common infections
Because at least 30% of antibiotic use is considered unnecessary, best practices were issued on treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbation and uncomplicated bronchitis, community-acquired pneumonia, uncomplicated urinary tract infection, and cellulitis.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/04/07/4.htm
7 Apr 2021
February 5, 2025
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https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2025/02/05/
Short-course antibiotics in low-risk MSSA bacteremia did not increase mortality risk
Patients receiving six to 10 days of antibiotic therapy for uncomplicated methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) bacteremia had similar 90-day mortality and relapse rates compared to those who got 10 to 16 days of therapy in a retrospective Danish study.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/03/10/3.htm
10 Mar 2021
Procalcitonin-guided protocol superior to standard care for sepsis antibiotic duration
Using procalcitonin as a biomarker resulted in reduced total antibiotic duration in patients with sepsis compared with a C-reactive-protein-guided protocol and standard care, according to results of a U.K. randomized trial.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/12/18/procalcitonin-guided-protocol-superior-to-standard-care-for-sepsis-antibiotic-duration.htm
18 Dec 2024
Longer antibiotic delay intervals associated with hospital mortality in patients with suspected sepsis
While both time from ED triage to antibiotic order and time from antibiotic order to infusion were associated with increased hospital mortality, this was true only for longer delays, indicating that a one-hour antibiotic administration target may be too aggressive, study authors said.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/02/24/5.htm
24 Feb 2021