Search results for "Pneumonia"
Risk of pneumonia hospitalization lower in older patients who got pneumococcal conjugate vaccine
Medicare beneficiaries ages 65 years or older with and without underlying medical conditions were less likely to be hospitalized for pneumonia if they had received the 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, a study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/12/14/risk-of-pneumonia-hospitalization-lower-in-older-patients-who-got-pneumococcal-conjugate.htm
14 Dec 2022
Ultrashort antibiotics for pneumonia may work for patients with preserved oxygenation
In hospitalized patients with pneumonia and oxygen saturations of 95% or greater without supplemental oxygen, outcomes were similar with one to two versus five to eight days of antibiotics, leading the authors of a recent study to suggest use of oxygenation levels to identify candidates for early discontinuation.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/08/03/ultrashort-antibiotics-for-pneumonia-may-work-for-patients-with-preserved-oxygenation.htm
3 Aug 2022
Adding up adverse events
Patient safety experts talk about the latest data and what hospitalists can do to improve them.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/06/07/adding-up-adverse-events.htm
7 Jun 2023
January 2020
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/01/
Update in hospital medicine highlights sepsis, community-acquired pneumonia
New research could help guide treatment.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/07/update.htm
15 Jul 2008
Real-time clinical decision support associated with improved pneumonia care
A trial at 16 hospitals in Utah found lower mortality rates, improved antibiotic prescribing, and increased discharge to home after deployment of guideline-based electronic clinical decision support for pneumonia care in the ED.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/03/16/real-time-clinical-decision-support-associated-with-improved-pneumonia-care.htm
16 Mar 2022
Azithromycin in older pneumonia inpatients associated with mortality benefit
The mortality benefit of using azithromycin in elderly inpatients with pneumonia outstrips a slightly higher risk of myocardial infarction associated with the drug, researchers have found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2014/06/11/1.htm
11 Jun 2014
Pneumonia after acute stroke is associated with other medical complications
Pneumonia after acute stroke is associated with several other kinds of inpatient medical complications, a new study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2013/11/13/1.htm
13 Nov 2013
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
Postop deaths, sepsis projects
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/02/recent-research.htm
15 Feb 2020