Search results for "Drug resistance"
Get ready for flu season
Sooner is definitely better when it comes to antivirals for influenza, but later is better than nothing.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/12/conference-coverage-flu-season.htm
15 Dec 2015
The return of penicillin
How to fight drug resistance without inducing allergic reactions
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/01/penicillin-comeback.htm
15 Jan 2017
Program to rapidly identify and contain cases of CRE is achieving improvements, CDC finds
Rates of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) declined from 2006 to 2015, but testing in 2017 did identify 221 isolates expressing carbapenemases other than Klebsiella pneumoniae.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/04/11/3.htm
11 Apr 2018
Cases from St. Louis University
Wernicke's encephalopathy, idiopathic splenic infarction, and more
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/11/brief-case-from-st-louis-university.htm
15 Nov 2018
Drug-resistance score helped guide antibiotic use in ED patients with pneumonia
Electronically calculating the newly developed score reduced initial empiric broad-spectrum antibiotic use compared to using health care-associated pneumonia criteria.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/05/15/3.htm
15 May 2019
Acute kidney injury, racial disparities
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/01/recent-research.htm
15 Jan 2020
A new kind of stewardship
Patients taking antiretroviral therapy are at risk for medication errors during hospitalization and care transitions.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/01/a-new-kind-of-stewardship.htm
15 Jan 2020
A new kind of stewardship
Patients taking antiretroviral therapy are at risk for medication errors during hospitalization and care transitions.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/01/qa-a-new-kind-of-stewardship.htm
15 Jan 2020
New antibiotic, report on drug shortages
Details on the latest alerts, recalls, and approvals.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/01/fda-update-new-antibiotic-report-on-drug-shortages.htm
15 Jan 2020
coding corner February 2020 • ACP Hospitalist 9 know ...
In summary, be alert to single- or multiple-drug resistance identified by culture sensitivity testing and document the type of drug resistance exhibited by the organism. ... documentation and coding. Table 3. Selected ICD-10-CM drug resistance codes. Drug Code.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/02/acph-202002-coding-corner-multidrug-resistance_t3.pdf
30 Jan 2020