Search results for "Antibiotics"
Drug-resistance score helped guide antibiotic use in ED patients with pneumonia
Electronically calculating the newly developed score reduced initial empiric broad-spectrum antibiotic use compared to using health care-associated pneumonia criteria.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/05/15/3.htm
15 May 2019
Switch to oral antibiotics noninferior for low-risk patients with S. aureus bacteremia
Complication rates were similar in patients with low-risk Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infection who were switched to oral antibiotics versus continued on IV therapy in a European randomized trial that was stopped early due to low enrollment.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/01/24/switch-to-oral-antibiotics-noninferior-for-low-risk-patients-with-s-aureus-bacteremia.htm
24 Jan 2024
Small hospitals may need intensive antibiotic stewardship programs to see meaningful results, study finds
Providing clinicians with education, access to a hotline, data on utilization of antibiotics, and audit and feedback from pharmacists for certain antibiotics did not significantly reduce total or broad-spectrum antibiotic use.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/03/07/2.htm
7 Mar 2018
The limited evidence for IV albumin
An expert explains recent guidelines on IV albumin that recommended against the blood product in the settings where it is most commonly used.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/04/10/the-limited-evidence-for-iv-albumin.htm
10 Apr 2024
Short-course antibiotics in low-risk MSSA bacteremia did not increase mortality risk
Patients receiving six to 10 days of antibiotic therapy for uncomplicated methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) bacteremia had similar 90-day mortality and relapse rates compared to those who got 10 to 16 days of therapy in a retrospective Danish study.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/03/10/3.htm
10 Mar 2021
February 2015
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/02/
Door-to-antibiotic time associated with one-year mortality among sepsis patients
Based on the retrospective study's findings, decreasing average door-to-antibiotic time to 1.5 hours could prevent one death for every 61 sepsis patients admitted through the ED, the authors calculated.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/02/27/2.htm
27 Feb 2019
May 17, 2023
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https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/05/17/
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
August 9, 2023
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https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/08/09/