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March 22, 2023
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/03/22/
Variations, improvement strategies in hospital care for COVID-19
Two new studies looked at the problems of variation in hospital outcomes and transmission in health care settings. Other articles offered strategies to make the most of hospitalists, personalize treatment, predict mortality, and follow the evidence.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/07/22/2.htm
22 Jul 2020
Lots to learn about long-term care
A new curriculum helped hospitalists moving into postacute care fill gaps in their knowledge base.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/02/28/lots-to-learn-about-long-term-care.htm
28 Feb 2024
Most asymptomatic C. difficile carriers in health care settings did not progress to infection
In a study at three U.S. hospitals and affiliated long-term care facilities, most patients who were found to be carriers of Clostridioides difficile had cleared the bacteria on subsequent testing, and only 13.4% were subsequently diagnosed with infection.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/03/22/most-asymptomatic-c-difficile-carriers-in-health-care-settings-did-not-progress-to-infection.htm
22 Mar 2023
Latest COVID-19 research looks at antibody utility, testing strategies, risk factors
The World Health Organization also issued updated information on SARS-CoV-2 transmission.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/07/15/1.htm
15 Jul 2020
Could less be more in care transitions?
Interventions to improve the quality of care transitions may work better when they are less complex, say researchers who offer some ideas for future efforts.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/01/31/could-less-be-more-in-care-transitions.htm
31 Jan 2024
Antibiotic prophylaxis more than 24 hours after surgery increased harms without reducing infections
The risks of acute kidney injury and Clostridium difficile infection consistently increased with each additional day of antimicrobial exposure.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/05/01/3.htm
1 May 2019
Study identifies potential predictors of hospital-onset C. difficile infection
In patients colonized with Clostridioides difficile, risk factors for infection included longer length of stay, exposure to multiple classes of antibiotics, use of opioids, and cirrhosis, whereas use of laxatives was associated with a lower risk.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/07/17/1.htm
17 Jul 2019
December 2017
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/12/
Eosinophil count can predict outcomes for patients hospitalized with C. difficile, study finds
An undetectable eosinophil count at admission was associated with higher risk of in-hospital mortality, need for vasopressors, and emergency total colectomy, the retrospective study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/09/19/2.htm
19 Sep 2018