Search results for "Sepsis care"
Speedy sepsis care, intubation after cardiac arrest, and more
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/06/recent-research.htm
15 Jun 2017
Position paper calls on CMS to revise plan to pay for sepsis performance
Paying hospitals based on the SEP-1 bundle would divert attention and resources from more effective ways to provide comprehensive sepsis care, said medical groups including the Infectious Diseases Society of America and the Society of Hospital Medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/10/25/position-paper-calls-on-cms-to-revise-plan-to-pay-for-sepsis-performance.htm
25 Oct 2023
Surviving Sepsis Campaign guidelines updated
Changes to the guidelines include a shift away from early goal-directed therapy in favor of hemodynamic assessment to guide fluid administration after the initial fluid bolus.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/01/25/1.htm
25 Jan 2017
Letter from the Editor
This month's issue includes articles on new approaches to pain management, use of penicillin, conference coverage from CHEST 2016, and more
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/01/lfe.htm
15 Jan 2017
For moderately ill pneumonia patients, mortality was lower in the ICU than on the ward
Researchers found that 36% of pneumonia patients living near hospitals with high ICU utilization rates were sent to the ICU, compared with 23% of patients living farther away.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2015/09/30/2.htm
30 Sep 2015
Sepsis often followed by cognitive and functional decline
Sepsis often followed by cognitive and functional decline
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2010/11/03/1.htm
3 Nov 2010
EGDT provided no benefit compared to usual septic shock care
Early goal-directed therapy (EGDT) did not improve mortality or other outcomes in septic shock compared to current usual care, another study has found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2015/03/25/1.htm
25 Mar 2015
Hospitals review evidence in-house
Evidence-based practice centers target patient care and safety.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/04/evidence-based-practice-centers.htm
15 Apr 2016
Nearly 10% of ED patients meeting Sepsis-3 criteria did not have true infection
Of 812 patients meeting Sepsis-3 criteria in four studied EDs, 79 (9.7%) had only possible infection and 77 (9.5%) were not infected, according to later adjudication of the records by trained nonclinician reviewers.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/03/01/nearly-10-of-ed-patients-meeting-sepsis-3-criteria-did-not-have-true-infection.htm
1 Mar 2023
Periop anticoagulation in afib, patient-to-intensivist ratios, and more
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/05/in-the-news.htm
15 May 2017