Search results for "Critical care"
Treatment in disproportionately minority hospitals linked to increased sepsis mortality
Compared to patients treated for sepsis at nonminority hospitals, those who received care at hospitals disproportionately serving the black and Hispanic communities had a 4% and 9% higher risk of mortality, respectively, regardless of their race.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/05/06/4.htm
6 May 2020
November 2021
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/11/
COVID-19 research looks at aspirin, disparities, long-term outcomes
Recent aspirin use may be associated with improved COVID-19 outcomes, and hospitals had widely differing mortality rates in April 2020. Half of discharged patients reported ongoing symptoms at four months, and most ICU patients showed evidence of impairments at one month, new studies found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/03/24/1.htm
24 Mar 2021
April 2008
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/04/
Latest COVID-19 research focuses on test accuracy, experimental therapies
Recent articles offered differing estimates of the risk of false negatives in testing for SARS-CoV-2, and studies reported the effectiveness of shared ventilators and a cancer drug for patients with severe COVID-19. The FDA revoked its authorization for hydroxychloroquine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/06/17/1.htm
17 Jun 2020
After the ICU
Experts offer advice on perfecting post-ICU care in the pandemic and beyond.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/10/after-the-icu.htm
15 Oct 2020
Reversal of prior DNR orders common at readmission of recently hospitalized patients
In a recent study, about 45% of California patients readmitted within 30 days following an initial hospitalization with do-not-resuscitate (DNR) orders reversed their DNR preferences upon readmission.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/12/09/3.htm
9 Dec 2020
June 1, 2022
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/06/01/
Early vasopressor dosing associated with mortality risk in septic shock
In the first six hours of septic shock, mortality risk was associated with relative dosing of vasopressors and fluid, but in the first 24 hours, there was a direct association between higher vasopressor doses and higher mortality, a prospective study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/07/29/3.htm
29 Jul 2020
A closer look at HAP
Hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP) is both more dangerous and more complex than previously thought, says the author of a recent study.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/07/12/a-closer-look-at-hap.htm
12 Jul 2023