Search results for "Catheters"
May 2021
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/05/
PICCs frequently placed in hospital patients with chronic kidney disease
Despite recommendations cautioning against PICC use in chronic kidney disease or intensive care, 30.9% of ICU patients who got a PICC had an estimated glomerular filtration rate less than 45 mL/min/1.73 m2, a study in Michigan found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/06/05/1.htm
5 Jun 2019
September 2009
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/09/
Infectious diseases, hospital organizations update strategies for CAUTI prevention
The recommendations include essential practices for preventing catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs), which apply to all acute care hospitals, and additional approaches, which should be considered when essential practices have been implemented but infection rates remain high.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/08/30/infectious-diseases-hospital-organizations-update-strategies-for-cauti-prevention.htm
30 Aug 2023
Sepsis improvement efforts have reduced mortality, two studies find
One study compared sepsis mortality in New York and other states after implementation of mandated reporting, while another showed the effects of one hospital's efforts to comply with CMS performance measures.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/07/24/3.htm
24 Jul 2019
March 13, 2024
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/03/13/
NOACs recommended instead of warfarin for some afib patients, guideline states
An updated guideline on atrial fibrillation responds to new evidence, as well as the advent of new drugs and devices to treat the condition.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/02/06/1.htm
6 Feb 2019
Urinary catheter-associated infections: Before or after admission?
Any infection related to a device or catheter of any type is classified for coding purposes as a complication of care.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/02/coding.htm
15 Feb 2011
Hospital at home plus transition care reduced readmissions, improved patient satisfaction
This intervention differed from previous hospital-at-home trials by including more diagnoses and 30 days of postacute care to improve care coordination, facilitate access, and enhance postacute illness self-management.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/06/27/1.htm
27 Jun 2018
Fewer catheters…fewer infections
The Michigan Health and Hospital Association reduced unnecessary use of catheters and thereby catheter-associated UTIs.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/05/success.htm
15 May 2010