Search results for "Endocarditis"
Guideline-directed care after TIA or nonsevere stroke associated with lower mortality risk
Patients who received brain imaging, carotid artery imaging, antihypertensive intensification, statins, antithrombotics, and anticoagulation for atrial fibrillation after transient ischemic attack (TIA) or nonsevere ischemic stroke had lower risk of mortality.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/07/10/2.htm
10 Jul 2019
Handling HCV in the hospital
A program led by infectious disease specialists began treating inpatients with hepatitis C virus (HCV) during hospitalization.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/12/06/free/handling-hcv-in-the-hospital.htm
6 Dec 2023
COPD meds, endocarditis, and more
Recent research from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/04/recent-research.htm
15 Apr 2021
Early switch to oral linezolid reduced length of stay for S. aureus bacteremia
Low-risk patients who were switched to oral linezolid after three to nine days of parenteral treatment had similar rates of relapse and mortality as those who remained on parenteral therapy, a small study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/10/31/4.htm
31 Oct 2018
Preadmission statin exposure associated with reduced mortality in infective endocarditis
Among patients with infective endocarditis who took statins before hospitalization, continuing the drugs was associated with nearly 50% lower risk of both one-year and in-hospital mortality versus stopping them, a study from Hong Kong found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/09/21/preadmission-statin-exposure-associated-with-reduced-mortality-in-patients-with-infective-endocarditis.htm
21 Sep 2022
October ACP Hospitalist now online and in the mail
The latest issue of ACP Hospitalist is now available and it covers the opioid epidemic, care for prisoners, immigration policies, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/10/18/5.htm
18 Oct 2017
Diets, contrast injuries, and more
Research summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/01/recent-research.htm
15 Jan 2021
AHA offers guiding principles to treat infective endocarditis in patients who inject drugs
In patients who inject drugs, management of infective endocarditis without addiction treatment “is failing to treat the underlying cause of illness, an ideal that is a principal tenet in all other medical conditions,” the American Heart Association (AHA) said in a scientific statement.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/09/07/aha-offers-guiding-principles-to-treat-infective-endocarditis-in-patients-who-inject-drugs.htm
7 Sep 2022
In the News
PEG placement after acute stroke, thrombolysis in stroke, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/12/itn.htm
15 Dec 2013
New indication for apixaban, approvals of gastroenteritis test, diabetes drugs
Details on recalls, warnings, label changes and approvals.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/04/fda.htm
15 Apr 2013