Search results for "Pneumonia"
Clarifying criteria for acute respiratory failure
The diagnosis of acute respiratory failure is one of those most commonly denied by payers, so understanding the current documentation criteria is crucial.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/03/27/clarifying-criteria-for-acute-respiratory-failure.htm
27 Mar 2024
Cardiac complications are common in community-acquired pneumonia, study finds
Cardiac complications are frequently seen in patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) and may increase short-term mortality, according to a new study.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2012/01/11/5.htm
11 Jan 2012
June 15, 2022
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/06/15/
Use of probiotics helps lower ventilator-associated pneumonia rates
Higher PEEP levels associated with improved survival, but only in ARDS
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2010/03/10/2.htm
10 Mar 2010
April 10, 2024
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/04/10/
Depletive fluid management strategy may lower risk of ventilator-associated complications, pneumonia
Using a depletive fluid management strategy when starting the weaning process from mechanical ventilation may lower the risk of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP), a study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2014/04/02/4.htm
2 Apr 2014
Costs for pneumonia hospitalization vary by comorbidity, care practices
Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and/or heart failure on top of pneumonia have higher hospitalization costs, one study found, while another found that higher-cost hospitals didn't have better mortality rates among their pneumonia patients.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/10/18/costs-for-pneumonia-hospitalization-vary-by-comorbidity-care-practices.htm
18 Oct 2023
Statin use didn't affect length of stay or mortality from community-acquired pneumonia
The prospective study included 2,016 adult patients hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia at any of 5 hospitals between January 2010 and June 2012.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/05/18/3.htm
18 May 2016
May 2011
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/05/
Linezolid not superior to glycopeptide antibiotics in treating MRSA pneumonia
Commonly used drug linezolid is not superior to vancomycin or teicoplanin in treating suspected methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) pneumonia, a new meta-analysis found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2011/05/11/1.htm
11 May 2011