Search results for "hepatitis"
March 2017
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/03/
Infections related to injection drug use may be underreported in ED, hospital settings
A retrospective study tallied documentation of injection drug use within six months of a hospital visit for bacteremia, sepsis, endocarditis, osteomyelitis, septic arthritis, or skin or soft-tissue infection.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/09/19/3.htm
19 Sep 2018
Prophylactic antibiotics did not improve survival in severe alcohol-related hepatitis
A double-blind randomized trial found no significant differences in all-cause mortality between hospitalized participants who received amoxicillin-clavulanate in addition to prednisolone versus prednisolone alone.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/05/17/prophylactic-antibiotics-did-not-improve-survival-in-severe-alcohol-related-hepatitis.htm
17 May 2023
In the News
Hepatitis screening, emergency warfarin reversal, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/09/itn.htm
15 Sep 2013
The next issue of ACP Internist is online
September's issue of ACP Internist features stories on hepatitis management, and how diagnostic advances in Alzheimer's disease may create more dilemmas for internists.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2011/09/14/7.htm
14 Sep 2011
Magnificent maggots
Sometimes the best treatment plan can include an effective and simple intervention of antiquity.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/11/newman.htm
15 Nov 2015
It's hard to be homeless in the hospital
Research and advice from an internist who treats homeless patients.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/07/homeless.htm
15 Jul 2015
Cases from Massachusetts General Hospital
Henoch-Schönlein purpura in an adult, serotonin syndrome presenting as myoclonus and hyperreflexia, dengue fever, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/05/brief-case.htm
15 May 2015
Individual case: Coxsackievirus B infection
A patient on pre-exposure prophylaxis presented with fever, headache, and other symptoms.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/07/brief-case-individual-cocksackievirus.htm
15 Jul 2020
Tips on TIPS and other cirrhosis treatments
Mayo Clinic internist discusses how to manage liver disease.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/12/cirrhosis.htm
15 Dec 2014