Search results for "researchers"
Avoiding the antibiogram
Hospitalists don't use antibiograms, a study found. One of the authors discusses why he thinks they're probably right not to.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/05/22/avoiding-the-antibiogram.htm
22 May 2024
A plan for paracentesis
A hospitalist launched a clinic to provide paracentesis to patients who repeatedly presented to the ED with ascites.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/05/22/free/a-plan-for-paracentesis.htm
22 May 2024
Decongestion strategies inconsistently applied in U.S. patients hospitalized for heart failure
Estimated weight loss due to inpatient decongestion varied across 31 hospitals, with some patients gaining weight during admission, a cohort study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/05/15/decongestion-strategies-inconsistently-applied-in-us-patients-hospitalized-for-heart-failure.htm
15 May 2024
Thick liquid diet may not improve outcomes in patients with dementia, dysphagia
A cohort study found no difference in hospital mortality and higher risk for respiratory complications in patients with Alzheimer disease and related dementias who received a thick versus thin liquid diet.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/05/15/thick-liquid-diet-may-not-improve-outcomes-in-patients-with-dementia-dysphagia.htm
15 May 2024
Rapid diagnostics, antimicrobial stewardship both needed for optimal BSI management
Mortality, length of stay, and time to optimal therapy improved when rapid diagnostic tests were used together with conventional blood cultures in antimicrobial stewardship programs for patients with bloodstream infection (BSI), a review found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/05/08/rapid-diagnostics-antimicrobial-stewardship-both-needed-for-optimal-bsi-management.htm
8 May 2024
Ultrasound shows potential as first-line diagnostic tool in suspected GCA
Diagnosis of giant-cell arteritis (GCA) was confirmed on temporal artery ultrasound in 44% of patients referred for high clinical suspicion of the condition, avoiding the need for biopsy, a study at six French hospitals found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/05/08/ultrasound-shows-potential-as-first-line-diagnostic-tool-in-suspected-gca.htm
8 May 2024
High-intensity statins associated with survival after myocardial infarction in elderly
Among French patients 80 years or older at the time of a myocardial infarction, receiving high-intensity lipid-lowering therapy at discharge was associated with lower risk of death over five years.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/05/08/high-intensity-statins-associated-with-survival-after-myocardial-infarction-in-elderly.htm
8 May 2024
Patients treated by female hospitalists have better outcomes, study finds
An analysis of Medicare data showed hospital patients had lower mortality and readmission rates when treated by female physicians compared with male physicians, with the difference driven by better outcomes in female patients treated by female hospitalists.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/05/01/patients-treated-by-female-hospitalists-have-better-outcomes-study-finds.htm
1 May 2024
Mobile app may help assess hospitalist clinicians' perceptions of workload
The newly developed app captured data on 30 clinicians' workload, work environment, leadership support, and well-being in a pilot study at one U.S. academic medical center.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/05/01/mobile-app-may-help-assess-hospitalist-clinicians-perceptions-of-workload.htm
1 May 2024
Medical center reports recent sharp rise in group A strep bacteremia related to injection drug use
The University of Vermont Medical Center saw three cases of invasive group A Streptococcus in 2020, four in 2021, 19 in 2022, and 45 during the first 10 months of 2023, and many of these infections could be tied to exposure to xylazine in people who inject drugs.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/05/01/medical-center-reports-recent-sharp-rise-in-group-a-strep-bacteremia-related-to-injection-drug-use.htm
1 May 2024