Search results for "HIV"
Updated guidelines issued on post-HIV-exposure prophylaxis
Health care workers with any occupational exposure to HIV should immediately use a post-exposure prophylaxis regimen comprising three or more antiretroviral drugs, according to updated guidelines.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2013/08/14/1.htm
14 Aug 2013
October 2011
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/10/
Cases from the Medical College of Wisconsin
Ocular syphilis, cefepime neurotoxicity, primary empty sella, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/07/brief-case-wisconsin.htm
15 Jul 2017
90% of patients with Cryptococcus infections were HIV-negative, study finds
Most (60.8%) of the HIV-negative patients with cryptococcosis had another immunocompromising condition, according to the retrospective study using 2015 to 2019 data from hospitals in Australia and New Zealand.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/06/07/90percent-of-patients-with-cryptococcus-infections-were-hiv-negative-study-finds.htm
7 Jun 2023
New recommendations on managing patients with opioid use disorder from SHM
The Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM) released a consensus statement on the management of opioid use disorder in inpatients, including identification and treatment of the condition, pain management in patients with it, and care transitions.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/08/03/free/new-recommendations-on-managing-patients-with-opioid-use-disorder-from-shm.htm
3 Aug 2022
MS drug associated with seizures, cardiac tests recalled
Details on recalls, warnings, label changes and approvals.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/10/fda.htm
15 Oct 2012
Global health hospitalists
More physicians are focusing on a particular country, and frequently a particular hospital, to bring about lasting change.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/01/coverstory.htm
15 Jan 2013
CDC updates vaccination guide for measles, mumps, rubella
The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) published three revisions to its guidelines for vaccinating against measles, mumps and rubella (MMR).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2013/06/26/4.htm
26 Jun 2013
Catch them if you can
Incidence estimates suggest that more than 1% of medical admissions could be factitious, and that's not counting the patients no one catches.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/09/coverstory.htm
15 Sep 2012
MKSAP quiz on dermatology
These cases and commentary, which address dermatology, are excerpted from ACP's Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program (MKSAP15).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/06/ty.htm
15 Jun 2011