Search results for "Influenza"
Answers and even more questions on COVID-19 vaccines
In a fourth forum from ACP and Annals of Internal Medicine, infectious disease experts Carlos del Rio, MD, FACP, Paul Sax, MD, and Deborah Cotton, MD, MPH, FACP, discussed COVID-19 vaccines and their implementation, as well as other aspects of the pandemic response.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/03/31/1.htm
31 Mar 2021
Do you need a checklist?
There's limited evidence but apparent potential for these tools in hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/02/do-you-need-a-checklist.htm
15 Feb 2021
Dealing with COVID-19 vaccine allocation, distribution
The new availability of vaccines has highlighted the challenges of allocation and distribution, which were the focus of a recent forum hosted by ACP and Annals of Internal Medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/02/03/2.htm
3 Feb 2021
Drug approved for flu exposures
Recalls and approvals.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/01/fda-update-drug-approved-for-flu-exposures.htm
15 Jan 2021
Feeling shifty
There are so many shifts: left, antigenic, night, phase, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/01/newmans-notions-feeling-shifty.htm
15 Jan 2021
Laws promoting flu vaccination in hospital workers associated with improved mortality rates
From 1995 to 2017, 13 states and the District of Columbia have passed laws on flu vaccine in hospital workers, most requiring hospitals to provide vaccination onsite for employees and some mandating vaccination or face masks for unvaccinated workers.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/01/13/3.htm
13 Jan 2021
Latest COVID-19 research looks at tocilizumab, remdesivir, tracheostomy, readmissions
A living systematic review still didn't find benefit from remdesivir or tocilizumab, but new trials supported their use. Delaying tracheostomy may not help patients or clinicians, another study found, and the first 10 days carry increased readmission risk for COVID-19 patients.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/12/23/1.htm
23 Dec 2020
COVID-19 and antibiotics: Less is more
Experts urge clinicians to remember stewardship amid the pandemic.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/12/covid-19-and-antibiotics-less-is-more.htm
15 Dec 2020
Mandates and other questions about vaccination of health care workers
ACP Hospitalist recently spoke to infectious diseases and ethics expert Janet A. Jokela, MD, MPH, FACP, about how health care systems should handle getting their staff vaccinated against COVID-19.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/12/09/2.htm
9 Dec 2020
Studies look at hospital at home, experimental therapy, mortality and readmissions in COVID-19
A virtual hospital and a trial of inhaled interferon-beta both reported success, studies compared COVID-19 and other critically ill patients, and mortality and readmission risks were quantified in recent pandemic research.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/11/18/1.htm
18 Nov 2020