Search results for "Community-acquired pneumonia"
Outsmarting MRSA
An infectious diseases specialist offers advice on drugs and strategies to combat methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/05/01/outsmarting-mrsa.htm
1 May 2024
Guideline addresses viral testing in patients with community-acquired pneumonia
The new American Thoracic Society guideline opposes routine use of nucleic acid-based testing for noninfluenza viral pathogens in outpatients with community-acquired pneumonia but identifies some uses for the tests in inpatients.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/05/12/4.htm
12 May 2021
Inappropriate CAP diagnosis common in hospitalized adults
A prospective cohort study of 48 hospitals in Michigan found that 12% of patients hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) appeared to have been diagnosed incorrectly and that of these, 87.6% received a full course of antibiotics.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/03/27/inappropriate-cap-diagnosis-common-in-hospitalized-adults.htm
27 Mar 2024
Corticosteroids may shorten hospital stay in community-acquired pneumonia
Patients who were randomized to corticosteroids had a shorter duration of IV antibiotics than those on placebo, but they also had more hyperglycemia and readmissions, according to a meta-analysis.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/09/20/3.htm
20 Sep 2017
Statin use didn't affect length of stay or mortality from community-acquired pneumonia
The prospective study included 2,016 adult patients hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia at any of 5 hospitals between January 2010 and June 2012.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/05/18/3.htm
18 May 2016
July 2008
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/07/
Prednisone speeds recovery for inpatients with community-acquired pneumonia
For patients hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia, prednisone treatment shortened their time to clinical stability and hospital length of stay, a new study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2015/01/28/2.htm
28 Jan 2015
June 2017
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/06/
Natriuretic peptides may predict outcomes in community-acquired pneumonia
Natriuretic peptides may help predict short- and long-term mortality in patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), a new study has found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2011/12/14/4.htm
14 Dec 2011
Doxycycline for CAP associated with lower C. diff risk than azithromycin
In a retrospective study of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) patients, treatment with doxycycline instead of azithromycin was associated with a particularly significant reduction in risk of Clostridioides difficile infection among those who had already had C. diff within the past year.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/11/08/doxycycline-for-cap-associated-with-lower-c-diff-risk-than-azithromycin.htm
8 Nov 2023