Search results for "researchers"
Tactics for managing surge capacity evaluated in survey of academic hospital leaders
The most valued strategies included appropriate staffing, proactive data-driven approaches, and discharge planning at the time of admission, yet hospitalist and hospital leaders reported that low-cost solutions like discharge lounges and huddles were usually implemented first.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/12/22/2.htm
22 Dec 2021
January 2016
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/01/
Only half of ICU patients with alcohol use disorder received thiamine, despite guidelines
An observational study of ICU patients with alcohol use disorder found that use of thiamine supplementation was 59% for those admitted for alcohol withdrawal, 26% for septic shock, 41% for traumatic brain injury, and 24% for diabetic ketoacidosis.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/12/08/4.htm
8 Dec 2021
Measuring hospitalist busyness
Busy hospitalists list fewer differential diagnoses. A researcher ponders the implications for diagnostic error.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/12/06/measuring-hospitalist-busyness.htm
6 Dec 2023
Two studies offer insight on using age, d-dimer, algorithms for diagnosing PE
For patients with suspected pulmonary embolism (PE), a meta-analysis found that pretest probability-dependent d-dimer thresholds were the most efficient strategy, while a trial found that the YEARS rule with an age-adjusted d-dimer cutoff was noninferior to a conventional strategy.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/12/15/1.htm
15 Dec 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
Long-term beta-blocker therapy associated with improved outcomes in sepsis
An observational cohort study in Israel found that patients hospitalized with sepsis on general medicine wards had better 30-day survival if they had been taking beta-blockers for at least one year.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/01/27/2.htm
27 Jan 2021
Guidance offered on use of IV albumin
The recommendations from the International Collaboration for Transfusion Medicine Guidelines address several clinical settings and conditions, including critical care, cardiovascular surgery, and cirrhosis.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/03/13/guidance-offered-on-use-of-iv-albumin.htm
13 Mar 2024
Injection drug use-associated infective endocarditis carries higher risk of systemic emboli
An international cohort study found that mortality rates were lower when infective endocarditis was associated with injection drug use compared to other causes, and these patients, who were typically young and healthy, less often underwent cardiac surgery.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/02/03/4.htm
3 Feb 2021
A better team, with the same outcomes
Why did only nurses see an improvement from a teamwork intervention at four hospitals? A hospitalist researcher offers his thoughts.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/12/20/a-better-team-with-the-same-outcomes.htm
20 Dec 2023