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October 4, 2023
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/10/04/
Follow-up blood cultures for gram-negative bacilli bacteremia may not be necessary
It took about five follow-up blood cultures to yield one positive result for gram-positive cocci, but about 17 follow-up blood cultures were needed to yield one positive result for gram-negative bacilli.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/08/02/2.htm
2 Aug 2017
New drug treats cancer based on biomarker instead of location
Details on the latest warnings, recalls, and approvals.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/07/fda.htm
15 Jul 2017
Postop deaths, sepsis projects
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/02/recent-research.htm
15 Feb 2020
Journal watch
Recent studies about medical trainee errors, chlorhexidine intervention, and other topics.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/12/journal.htm
15 Dec 2007
Relaxing MRSA precautions during pandemic associated with higher infection rate
Veterans Affairs hospitals that abandoned active surveillance and contact precautions for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) had significantly higher rates of hospital-acquired MRSA than those that continued the measures.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/07/12/relaxing-mrsa-precautions-during-pandemic-associated-with-higher-infection-rate.htm
12 Jul 2023
Multidrug resistance
The latest edition of ICD-10 includes new codes for antibiotic resistance.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/02/coding-corner-multidrug-resistance.htm
15 Feb 2020
Guarding against CAUTI
Are efforts to fight catheter-associated urinary tract infections worth the cost?.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/05/CAUTI.htm
15 May 2015
MKSAP quiz on atrial fibrillation
This month's quiz includes questions from ACP's Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program (MKSAP 18) on atrial fibrillation.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/08/mksap-quiz-on-atrial-fibrillation.htm
15 Aug 2019
Early switch to oral linezolid reduced length of stay for S. aureus bacteremia
Low-risk patients who were switched to oral linezolid after three to nine days of parenteral treatment had similar rates of relapse and mortality as those who remained on parenteral therapy, a small study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/10/31/4.htm
31 Oct 2018