Search results for "Cellulitis"
Thermal imaging of affected skin improves accuracy of cellulitis diagnosis
A combination of maximum temperature in the affected area and the ALT-70 (asymmetry, leukocytosis, tachycardia, and age ≥70 years) prediction model provided the greatest specificity for identifying cellulitis in ED patients, a study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/04/03/thermal-imaging-of-affected-skin-improves-accuracy-of-cellulitis-diagnosis.htm
3 Apr 2024
Study of Medicare claims finds good outcomes with hospital at home
Only 6.2% of Medicare fee-for-service patients who were hospitalized at home had to be escalated to another setting and 0.5% died during the admission, according to an analysis of 2022 to 2023 claims data. Their 30-day readmission rate was 15.6%.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/01/10/study-of-medicare-claims-finds-good-outcomes-with-hospital-at-home.htm
10 Jan 2024
Could you repeat that?
It was a very quiet day on the geriatrics service, at least for one physician.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/09/27/free/could-you-repeat-that.htm
27 Sep 2023
Less definitely more in antibiotics
Review some common inpatient conditions that can be safely treated with shorter durations of antibiotics, reducing adverse events and costs.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/05/17/less-definitely-more-in-antibiotics.htm
17 May 2023
Wellness group, redirection of patients to other services aided COVID-19 response
Group meetings and individual coaching helped hospitalists at one facility deal with COVID-19 stress, a study showed, while another described how redirecting some common medicine diagnoses to admission by other services reduced the pressure of pandemic patient surges.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/02/22/free/wellness-group-redirection-of-patients-to-other-services-aided-covid-19-response.htm
22 Feb 2023
Concrete thinking
An initial diagnosis of bilateral cellulitis leads to some digging and hard thinking.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/02/15/free/concrete-thinking.htm
15 Feb 2023
Transition clinic visit after ED discharge lowered odds of ED revisit, didn't change hospital admissions
The most common type of care provided by a newly established ED care transitions clinic in Chicago was wound care, and wound checks had a higher rate of appointment completion than clinical appointments.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/02/15/transition-clinic-visit-after-ed-discharge-lowered-ed-revisits-didnt-change-hospital-admissions.htm
15 Feb 2023
Inpatient diagnoses of cellulitis by generalists frequently incorrect, review finds
Dermatology or infectious diseases specialists reversed more than a third of generalist physicians' diagnoses of cellulitis in the hospital, with statis dermatitis being the most common alternative diagnosis.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/10/12/inpatient-diagnoses-of-cellulitis-by-generalists-frequently-incorrect-review-finds.htm
12 Oct 2022
Infected femoral closure device after cardiac catheterization
A patient presented with cellulitis at a vascular access site 10 days after undergoing cardiac catheterization.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/03/09/free/brief-case-infected-femoral-closure-device.htm
9 Mar 2022
Pyogenic flexor tenosynovitis
A patient presented with pain, swelling, and erythema of the right thumb.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/07/brief-case-pyogenic-flexor-tenosynovitis.htm
15 Jul 2021