Search results for "Antibiotics"
Dexamethasone with antibiotics shortens hospital stay for CAP patients
Adding dexamethasone to antibiotic treatment reduced the length of stay by one day for inpatients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), a study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2011/06/08/3.htm
8 Jun 2011
First-line antibiotic options for CAP on the wards show similar mortality rates
A large retrospective study of patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) found similar inpatient mortality with a beta-lactam plus a macrolide, a beta-lactam plus doxycycline, or a respiratory fluoroquinolone. A beta-lactam alone appeared less effective.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/08/23/first-line-antibiotic-options-for-cap-on-the-wards-show-similar-mortality-rates.htm
23 Aug 2023
Early antibiotics, combination therapy associated with improved ICU survival in severe pneumococcal CAP
Early antibiotic administration and use of combination therapy have increased over time in severe pneumococcal community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) and are associated with better outcomes, according to a new study.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2014/01/08/2.htm
8 Jan 2014
Survival benefit seen with combination antibiotics in patients with high death risk
Early palliative care improves quality of life in patients with metastatic lung cancer
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2010/08/25/2.htm
25 Aug 2010
Advanced dementia and respiratory failure
A case highlights the importance of addressing prognosis before making care decisions.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/01/31/free/advanced-dementia-and-respiratory-failure.htm
31 Jan 2024
December 2018
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/12/
Macrolide antibiotics may be associated with cardiovascular complications, deaths
Treatment with macrolides is associated with 38.2 additional cardiovascular deaths per 1 million treatment courses, according to a new meta-analysis, but no increase in all-cause mortality was found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2015/11/11/4.htm
11 Nov 2015
Disseminated varicella infection in an immunocompromised patient
A patient with a history of liver transplant presented with a progressive rash.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/04/03/free/disseminated-varicella-infection-in-an-immunocompromised-patient.htm
3 Apr 2024
March 2015
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/03/
More broad-spectrum antibiotics used for nosocomial pneumonia, with no clear match to pathogens
Veterans showed similar rates of hospitalizations for pneumonia, including MRSA-caused, from 2006 to 2010, but use of vancomycin nearly doubled during the period.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2015/08/05/2.htm
5 Aug 2015