Search results for "Antibiotics"
Procalcitonin may not be reliable enough to withhold or mandate antibiotics in CAP
A systematic review and meta-analysis found that the pooled sensitivity and specificity estimates of serum procalcitonin were 0.55 and 0.76, respectively, for distinguishing bacterial from viral community-acquired pneumonia (CAP).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/07/03/1.htm
3 Jul 2019
Guidelines on resistant gram-negatives
Hospitalists are some of the best antibiotic stewards, according to the lead author of recent guidance that aims to help them manage tricky infections.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/09/06/free/guidelines-on-resistant-gram-negatives.htm
6 Sep 2023
November 2007
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/11/
1 in 5 inpatient antibiotic regimens results in adverse drug event
Researchers also looked at whether the prescribed antibiotics were clinically indicated and found that 19% of them were not, most commonly due to treatment of asymptomatic bacteriuria or noninfectious lower respiratory tract conditions.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/06/21/1.htm
21 Jun 2017
January 2010
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/01/
Sputum culture may help guide antibiotic treatment in patients with hospital-acquired pneumonia
The three organisms most commonly identified in the sputum of patients with hospital-acquired pneumonia were Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and gram-negative rods not further speciated.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/10/25/2.htm
25 Oct 2017
Take a bite out of HAP
Brushing teeth reduces hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP) risk, and changes are needed to make this simple practice happen more regularly in the hospital.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/03/06/free/take-a-bite-out-of-hap.htm
6 Mar 2024
Decision tree can predict resistance to antibiotics commonly used for sepsis
The researchers identified factors predicting which patients with gram-negative sepsis had low probability of resistance to meropenem and which had high probability of resistance to piperacillin-tazobactam, cefepime, and meropenem.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/07/19/2.htm
19 Jul 2017
February 2016
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/02/
Outcomes similar with one or two weeks of antibiotics for gram-negative bacteremia
Although 90-day mortality and readmission rates were not affected by shorter therapy, neither were rates of adverse events such as Clostridium difficile infection.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/12/19/1.htm
19 Dec 2018