Search results for "Pulmonary disease"
Costs for pneumonia hospitalization vary by comorbidity, care practices
Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and/or heart failure on top of pneumonia have higher hospitalization costs, one study found, while another found that higher-cost hospitals didn't have better mortality rates among their pneumonia patients.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/10/18/costs-for-pneumonia-hospitalization-vary-by-comorbidity-care-practices.htm
18 Oct 2023
Azithromycin may reduce treatment failure for acute COPD exacerbations
Among patients hospitalized for an acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), 49% of those who received adjunct therapy with azithromycin had COPD treatment failure by three months versus 60% of those who did not.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/05/08/1.htm
8 May 2019
Tracheostomy tube shortage
The FDA alerted clinicians about the need to reuse tracheostomy tubes and to caution patients about decreased effectiveness of pre-exposure prophylaxis against COVID-19, among other recent actions.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/11/16/tracheostomy-tube-shortage.htm
16 Nov 2022
Acute exacerbations of COPD associated with risk for acute cardiovascular event
The results highlight how an acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) may be an opportunity to implement cardiovascular prevention measures in high-risk patients, the authors said.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/06/20/2.htm
20 Jun 2018
Dementia in the hospital
The pandemic added to the pre-existing systemic and legal challenges clinicians face managing hospitalized patients with dementia and behavioral disturbances.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/02/09/dementia-in-the-hospital.htm
9 Feb 2022
New evidence on remdesivir, intubation timing, outcomes after COVID-19 hospitalization
Remdesivir showed limited benefits, antibiotics have been overused, and intubation timing doesn't matter, but postdischarge outcomes were reassuring and infectious diseases experts offered guidance on the use of antibody tests in recent COVID-19 news.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/08/26/1.htm
26 Aug 2020
Less definitely more in antibiotics
Review some common inpatient conditions that can be safely treated with shorter durations of antibiotics, reducing adverse events and costs.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/05/17/less-definitely-more-in-antibiotics.htm
17 May 2023
Longer antibiotic therapy in patients with low procalcitonin during COPD exacerbation increased LOS without reducing readmissions
The retrospective study divided patients by whether they received inpatient antibiotics for more or less than a day, and patients in the former group had a length of stay (LOS) of 3.7 days compared to 2.8 days in the latter.*
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/07/11/1.htm
11 Jul 2018
COPD meds, endocarditis, and more
Recent research from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/04/recent-research.htm
15 Apr 2021
Functional mobility was strongest predictor of readmissions after MI in elderly
Researchers identified eight variables that they combined to predict 30-day readmissions among patients ages 75 years and older, with the most significant being a slow result on the Timed Up and Go test.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/05/01/4.htm
1 May 2019