Search results for "Sepsis"
Updates on NOTICE, Sepsis-3, and hypertensive crisis
CMS takes action on several recently covered topics.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/10/coding-update-NOTICE-Sepsis-3.htm
15 Oct 2016
Risk for poor outcomes may be higher in previously healthy patients hospitalized for sepsis
While 97.4% of patients hospitalized for community-onset sepsis had preexisting comorbid conditions, those who were healthy before admission had higher short-term mortality rates in a recent study.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/01/26/free/risk-for-poor-outcomes-may-be-higher-in-previously-healthy-patients.htm
26 Jan 2022
Recurrent C. diff, decision tree for sepsis, and more
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/10/in-the-news.htm
15 Oct 2017
Hospitalization rates for sepsis, septicemia have risen in U.S., CDC reports
Rates of hospitalization for sepsis and septicemia more than doubled from 2000 through 2008, according to a new data brief from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Health Statistics.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2011/06/29/1.htm
29 Jun 2011
Dynamic measures to guide fluid resuscitation may improve outcomes in septic shock
A randomized trial assigned patients with sepsis-associated hypotension to usual care or to assessment of fluid responsiveness with a passive leg raise before a fluid bolus was given or the vasopressor dose was increased.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/05/06/3.htm
6 May 2020
New-onset afib in severe sepsis associated with stroke, death risk
Severe sepsis patients with new-onset atrial fibrillation (AF) had a higher risk of in-hospital stroke and death compared to those without AF or with preexisting AF.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2011/11/23/1.htm
23 Nov 2011
After general surgery, sepsis and septic shock far more common than PE, MI
After general surgery, sepsis and septic shock far more common than PE, MIOpt-out tests in ED detect slightly more patients with HIV
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2010/07/28/1.htm
28 Jul 2010
May issue online and in the mail
This issue focuses mainly on tools to combat COVID-19, including ventilation management, telemedicine, and palliative care. Other articles address Takotsubo cardiomyopathy and vitamin C for sepsis.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/05/13/6.htm
13 May 2020
Vitamin C, thiamine, hydrocortisone did not improve outcomes in septic shock
Given that other trials of vitamin C in sepsis are under way, there appears to be no immediate justification for using high-dose vitamin C, alone or in combination, to treat patients with sepsis, an accompanying editorial said.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/01/29/4.htm
29 Jan 2020
Beta-lactam plus doxycycline associated with lower mortality in older patients with CAP
Compared to other guideline-concordant empiric therapies for patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), beta-lactam plus doxycycline was associated with lower 30-day and 90-day mortality in a Veterans Affairs cohort study.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/11/17/2.htm
17 Nov 2021