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Hospitalists can help eliminate HCV
Hospitals are the latest frontier in global efforts to diagnose and treat hepatitis C virus (HCV).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/01/11/free/hospitalists-can-help-eliminate-hcv.htm
11 Jan 2023
Moving on from readmissions
Some experts are saying it's time for hospitals and payers to shift their focus from preventing readmissions to pursuing other quality objectives.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/10/26/moving-on-from-readmissions.htm
26 Oct 2022
ACC pathway offers guidance on managing patients presenting to the ED with chest pain
The American College of Cardiology (ACC) assessed the available clinical decision pathways for chest pain and advised on the use of high-sensitivity cardiac troponin to avoid unnecessary testing in patients at low risk for acute coronary syndrome.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/10/19/free/acc-pathway-offers-guidance-on-managing-patients-presenting-to-the-ed-with-chest-pain.htm
19 Oct 2022
Keeping first-year residents with same medicine nurses improved teamwork
When residents spent all 16 weeks of their general medicine inpatient time on one medical nursing floor, their teams were more likely to negotiate with the patient, support each other, and communicate as a team on simulation scenarios, a study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/10/12/keeping-first-year-residents-with-same-medicine-nurses-improved-teamwork-study-finds.htm
12 Oct 2022
Teams that don't burn out
Supporting consistent hospital medicine teams may be a key to preventing burnout, according to a researcher studying physician and nurse perspectives.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/09/28/teams-that-dont-burn-out.htm
28 Sep 2022
Oral antibiotics after incomplete IV therapy showed benefit in patients with history of injection drug use
Among persons who inject drugs who were hospitalized with complicated Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infections, those who received oral antibiotics after an incomplete IV antibiotic course were significantly less likely to experience microbiologic failure or death than patients discharged without oral antibiotics.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/09/14/oral-antibiotics-after-incomplete-iv-therapy-showed-benefit-in-patients-with-history-of-injection-drug-use.htm
14 Sep 2022
Glycogenic hepatopathy
A 21-year-old man with type 1 diabetes presented to the hospital with nausea, vomiting, and abdominal pain. Physical exam showed hepatosplenomegaly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/08/24/free/brief-case-glycogenic-hepatopathy.htm
24 Aug 2022
Monkeypox update, new breast cancer type and treatment
In addition to providing an update on efforts to combat monkeypox, the FDA recently approved an infusion drug for HER2-low breast cancer and generic versions of atropine, electrolytes, and other drugs.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/08/10/monkeypox-update-new-breast-cancer-type-and-treatment.htm
10 Aug 2022
New studies find no benefit to vitamin C or fluid restriction in sepsis
One international trial found higher 28-day mortality in ICU patients randomized to a vitamin C infusion compared to placebo, while another showed that 90-day mortality rates were similar when septic shock patients were treated with a standard or restrictive IV fluid strategy.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/06/22/free/new-studies-find-no-benefit-to-vitamin-c-or-fluid-restriction-in-sepsis.htm
22 Jun 2022
Higher hospitalist workload associated with slightly longer length of stay
A patient load of 16 patients, compared to 13, was associated with a small, but statistically significant, increase in length of stay. However, there was no association between workload and ED visits or readmissions in the single-center observational study.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/06/15/higher-hospitalist-workload-associated-with-slightly-longer-length-of-stay.htm
15 Jun 2022