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Designated trauma center hospitals charge more for nontrauma care
Trauma center hospitals charged around 4% more for nontrauma-related inpatient admissions and between 3% and 5% more for nontrauma ED visits compared with hospitals not designated as trauma centers.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/03/06/designated-trauma-center-hospitals-charge-more-for-nontrauma-care.htm
6 Mar 2024
Anemia common after hospitalization for critical illness
A cohort study in one Minnesota county found that anemia prevalence was 80% at discharge and 56%, 52%, and 45% at three months, six months, and 12 months, respectively, in patients discharged from the ICU who were alive and had data available.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/09/30/4.htm
30 Sep 2020
Remote work for hospitalists
Telehospitalist systems provide benefits for both small hospitals and physicians.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/07/19/remote-work-for-hospitalists.htm
19 Jul 2023
Thiamine not associated with improved mortality in septic shock
In a retrospective observational study of more than 68,000 patients in Japan, the 28-day mortality rate was 19.2% in those who received thiamine soon after hospital admission versus 17.8% in those who did not.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/05/20/4.htm
20 May 2020
User-friendly EHRs also more safety-friendly
Why might easy-to-use electronic health records (EHRs) provide better medication safety? The coauthor of a recent study explains.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/10/18/free/user-friendly-ehrs-also-more-safety-friendly.htm
18 Oct 2023
Low-performing hospitals can improve quality for in-hospital cardiac arrest over time
A study found that while percentile rankings for risk-standardized survival rates remained generally consistent during follow-up periods at 45.2% of 166 study hospitals, 21.4% of bottom-performing hospitals exhibited substantial improvements on this quality metric.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/09/16/4.htm
16 Sep 2020
Hospitalizations for opportunistic infections in HIV declined from 2011 to 2018
While the rate of hospitalization for an opportunistic infection per 100,000 U.S. patients with HIV went down, the associated inpatient mortality rate held stable, at 5.9%, and disparities by age, sex, race, and insurance status were found in a recent study.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/02/07/hospitalizations-for-opportunistic-infections-in-hiv-declined-from-2011-to-2018.htm
7 Feb 2024
Greater SBP reduction linked to better outcomes after thrombolysis for stroke
Analyses of the ENCHANTED trial found that in the day after stroke symptom onset, every 10-mm Hg drop in systolic blood pressure (SBP) (down to as low as 110 to 120 mm Hg) was associated with a 20% decrease in the odds of unfavorable functional status.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/11/03/3.htm
3 Nov 2021
CDC guideline on opioid prescribing linked with worse sickle cell disease outcomes
Opioid dispensing rates decreased and hospitalizations for pain increased among patients with sickle cell disease following the release of a 2016 CDC guideline on opioid prescribing.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/03/20/cdc-guideline-on-opioid-prescribing-linked-with-worse-sickle-cell-disease-outcomes.htm
20 Mar 2024
ICU admission associated with worse outcomes in sepsis, better survival in acute respiratory failure
Patients admitted from the ED to the ICU with sepsis had worse survival and longer length of stay than those admitted to the wards, while patients with acute respiratory failure had better survival in the ICU than on a medical ward, a multicenter study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/12/08/3.htm
8 Dec 2021