Search results for "Research Summaries"
Postdischarge phone calls don't reduce 30-day readmissions, ED visits
Most trials of postdischarge contact with recently hospitalized patients involved a single phone call, often three days after discharge, and overall, the interventions showed no effect on likelihood of returning to the hospital, a review found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2025/01/15/postdischarge-phone-calls-dont-reduce-30-day-readmissions-ed-visits.htm
15 Jan 2025
Hydrophobic, chlorhexidine PICCs didn't reduce device failure vs. standard polyurethane
There were no significant differences in failure or complication rates among patients randomized to hydrophobic, chlorhexidine, or standard polyurethane peripherally inserted central catheters (PICCs), an Australian trial found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2025/01/15/hydrophobic-chlorhexidine-piccs-didnt-reduce-device-failure-vs-standard-polyurethane.htm
15 Jan 2025
Private equity hospital acquisition associated with lower patient experience ratings
Hospitals that were acquired by private equity in 2008 to 2019 showed a widening gap in their overall Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems scores compared to hospitals that were not acquired, a cohort study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2025/01/15/private-equity-hospital-acquisition-associated-with-lower-patient-experience-ratings.htm
15 Jan 2025
Short-acting, full-agonist opioids linked with less severe withdrawal after admission
Patients' doses of short-acting full-agonist opioids were inversely correlated with their withdrawal severity, even if they were receiving methadone or buprenorphine treatment, a review of 124 hospitalizations at a safety-net hospital found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2025/01/15/short-acting-full-agonist-opioids-linked-with-less-severe-withdrawal-after-admission.htm
15 Jan 2025
Studies describe H5N1 avian influenza cases of 2024
Almost all H5N1 cases reported to the CDC in recent months were associated with animal exposure and led to mild illness, but a Canadian adolescent got severely ill with a variant that showed significant mutations, new research revealed.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2025/01/08/studies-describe-h5n1-avian-influenza-cases-of-2024.htm
8 Jan 2025
Differing high flow rates after extubation associated with similar outcomes
A small randomized trial of high-flow nasal cannula in patients being extubated found similar rates of reintubation and noninvasive ventilation with a flow rate of 40 L/min versus 60 L/min.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2025/01/08/high-flow-rates-after-extubation-associated-with-similar-outcomes.htm
8 Jan 2025
Hospital closures may redistribute residency slots away from underserved areas
An analysis of 19 closures of hospitals with residency programs found that a total of 819.6 residency full-time equivalents and $123 million in Medicare GME funding were transferred to other hospitals. Receiving hospitals were less likely to be urban and more likely to be large.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2025/01/08/hospital-closures-may-redistribute-residency-slots-away-from-underserved-areas.htm
8 Jan 2025
Survey finds hospitalist burnout linked with desire to stop, reduce work
Fifty-seven percent of surveyed hospitalists reported high levels of emotional exhaustion, 32% reported high levels of depersonalization, and 69% reported they were considering stopping or reducing their work in the next five years, a study conducted in British Columbia in 2022 found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2025/01/08/survey-finds-hospitalist-burnout-linked-with-desire-to-stop-reduce-work.htm
8 Jan 2025
Neutrophil percentage key to identifying bacteremia in medical inpatients, study finds
The importance of white blood cell response, especially neutrophil percentage, to detecting bacteremia was shown by a retrospective study that calculated interval likelihood ratios for bacteremia based on a complete blood count with differential.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/10/30/neutrophil-percentage-key-to-identifying-bacteremia-in-medical-inpatients-study-finds.htm
30 Oct 2024
January 15, 2025
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