Search results for "Infectious disease"
Alternatives to drugs
This issue looks at antibiotic resistance, opioid prescribing, and patients' social needs.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/03/letter-from-the-editor.htm
15 Mar 2019
Debates in sepsis
Experts disagree about use of antibiotics, IV fluids, and quality measures.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/01/debates-in-sepsis.htm
15 Jan 2019
Baking hospitalist training into residency
Although half of large internal medicine residency programs offer hospitalist-focused rotations, there are no standards for their structure.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/08/baking-hospitalist-training-into-residency.htm
15 Aug 2018
Comanage orthopedics like a pro
An expert offers her top 10 pearls.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/07/comanage-orthopedics-like-a-pro.htm
15 Jul 2018
Consult an ID doc, save a life?
A study found that patients with certain resistant infections who were seen by an infectious diseases physician had about half the mortality rate of those who were not.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/05/qa-consult-an-id-doc-save-a-life.htm
15 May 2018
Consult an ID doc, save a life?
Study finds that patients with certain resistant infections, those who were seen by an infectious diseases physician had about half the mortality rate of those who were not.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/05/qaconsult-an-id-doc-save-a-life.htm
15 May 2018
New guidelines issued on contact precautions for C. diff, resistant infections
The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America advises discontinuing contact precautions after obtaining between one and three negative cultures in certain cases of drug-resistant infections, among other recommendations.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/01/24/2.htm
24 Jan 2018
Drug-associated endocarditis on the rise
Hospitals face consequences of opioid addiction and difficult choices about treating endocarditis.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/10/drug-associated-endocarditis.htm
15 Oct 2017
Hospitalist involvement needed to treat opioid epidemic
Despite rising admissions related to opioid use disorder, few hospitalists are obtaining the expertise to prescribe medications for addiction. Experts say they should.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/10/hospitalist-treat-opioid-epidemic.htm
15 Oct 2017
MKSAP quiz on endocarditis
This month's quiz includes questions from ACP's Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program 17 about endocarditis.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/10/mksap-quiz-on-endocarditis.htm
15 Oct 2017