Search results for "HIV"
HIV in the hospital
All doctors should be screening patients age 13 through 64 for HIV.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/06/hiv.htm
15 Jun 2013
coding corner 10 ACP Hospitalist • April 2019 On ...
The condition was named acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). The virus causing AIDS was identified in 1983 and was eventually named human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). ... HIV disease is a permanent diagnosis; once diagnosed, HIV disease never goes away even if the virus becomes undetectable.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/04/acph-201904-coding-corner-hiv-and-aids_t2.pdf
26 Mar 2019
Most U.S. patients hospitalized with severe monkeypox had HIV infection
Of 57 adult patients who were hospitalized with severe manifestations of monkeypox during the current outbreak, 82% had HIV infection, 30% received ICU-level care, and 21% died, according to a recent CDC report. All had dermatologic manifestations.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/11/02/free/most-us-patients-hospitalized-with-severe-monkeypox-had-hiv-infection.htm
2 Nov 2022
Recent Research
HIV screening recommendations, perioperative SSRI risks, anticoagulants and endocarditis, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/07/rr.htm
15 Jul 2013
Clarification to a previous issue
In last week's ACP HospitalistWeekly, the headline of an item on tuberculosis prevention in HIV patients should have read “WHO issues guidelines on TB prevention in people with HIV in resource-constrained settings.”
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2010/12/15/5.htm
15 Dec 2010
Cases from the University of Pittsburgh
A group of cases involving the use of point-of-care ultrasound.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/07/brief-case-from-the-university-of-pittsburgh.htm
15 Jul 2019
Safety communication about hacking of hospital devices, networks
Details on the latest alerts, recalls, and approvals.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/12/fda-update-safety-communication-about-hacking.htm
15 Dec 2019
Safe injection site aims to curb overdose deaths
Advocates for a plan in Philadelphia make their case.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/01/safe-injection-site-aims-to-curb-overdose-deaths.htm
15 Jan 2020
Higher risk of false-positive HIV test in those testing positive for COVID-19 infection
Hospitalized patients with positive SARS-CoV-2 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test results were significantly more likely to have a false-positive fourth-generation HIV test than those with negative SARS-CoV-2 PCR test results, a retrospective study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/05/24/free/higher-risk-of-false-positive-hiv-test-in-those-testing-positive-for-covid-19-infection.htm
24 May 2023
Hospice referral often not timely in hemodialysis patients, study finds
The median length of hospice stay for Medicare patients receiving maintenance dialysis near the end of life was five days, and 41.5% received hospice services for three or fewer days.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/05/09/1.htm
9 May 2018