Search results for "Antibiotics"
Procalcitonin testing reduced antibiotic use and mortality in acute respiratory infections
Results of the meta-analysis suggest that widespread implementation of procalcitonin protocols might not only improve antibiotic management and patient outcomes but also help to combat the threat of antibiotic resistance, the authors said.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/10/25/1.htm
25 Oct 2017
April 10, 2024
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January 25, 2023
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
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Antibiotic resistance lasts up to a year
Preoperative statins protect elective abdominal aortic aneurysm patientsRepair methods for abdominal aortic aneurysms yield similar long-term mortality rates
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2010/05/26/2.htm
26 May 2010
Adverse effects of antibiotics compared for patients hospitalized with infection
A randomized clinical trial at one academic medical center in the U.S. found that piperacillin-tazobactam and cefepime carried similar risk of acute kidney injury but cefepime was associated with more neurological dysfunction.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/10/18/adverse-effects-of-antibiotics-compared-for-patients-hospitalized-with-infection.htm
18 Oct 2023
Antibiotic use confers up to tenfold risk of C. diff infection
A patient's risk of developing Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) is 7 to 10 times higher during antibiotic therapy and in the month after stopping, and an elevated risk still exists three months after stopping antibiotics, a study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2012/03/14/2.htm
14 Mar 2012
Our top stories of 2023
We take a look back at the ACP Hospitalist articles that got the most clicks this year.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/12/27/our-top-stories-of-2023.htm
27 Dec 2023
Probiotics fail to prevent antibiotic-associated, C. difficile diarrhea in elderly
A multi-strain preparation of lactobacilli and bifidobacteria failed to prevent antibiotic-associated diarrhea and/or Clostridium difficile diarrhea in elderly patients, a new study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2013/08/14/4.htm
14 Aug 2013
Phase 3 trial finds new antibiotic noninferior to daptomycin for MRSA
An industry-funded trial compared ceftobiprole, a cephalosporin, to daptomycin plus optional aztreonam in adults with complicated Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia, including methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/10/04/phase-3-trial-finds-new-antibiotic-noninferior-to-daptomycin-for-mrsa.htm
4 Oct 2023
Prior antibiotic use associated with higher mortality in Gram-negative sepsis inpatients
Recent antibiotic use is associated with greater hospital mortality in patients with severe sepsis or septic shock attributed to Gram-negative bacteremia, a new study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2011/07/27/3.htm
27 Jul 2011