Search results for "Catheters"
Recent Research
Hand hygiene, the July effect, migraines and stroke, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/02/rr.htm
15 Feb 2014
CDC's STRIVE initiative takes network approach to HAI reduction
The overall objective of STRIVE (States Targeting Reduction in Infections Via Engagement) was to identify, partner with, and collaborate with hospitals that had disproportionately high rates of health care-associated infections (HAIs).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/10/02/1.htm
2 Oct 2019
October 25, 2023
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/10/25/
Recurrent C. diff, decision tree for sepsis, and more
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/10/in-the-news.htm
15 Oct 2017
Early antibiotic therapy did not improve outcomes in complicated urinary tract infection
Based on the study's results, physicians might consider supportive treatment and watchful waiting in stable patients until the pathogen causing the complicated urinary tract infection is identified, the authors suggested.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/05/23/1.htm
23 May 2018
Guarding against CAUTI
Are efforts to fight catheter-associated urinary tract infections worth the cost?.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/05/CAUTI.htm
15 May 2015
Journal watch: Recent studies of note
Hospitalists' cost-effectiveness, vasopressin antagonists and hyponatremia, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/02/jw.htm
15 Feb 2011
Vena cava filters found to fracture, embolize
Reminders to remove urinary catheters help reduce infection riskSepticemia tops list of conditions with greatest cost increase to hospitals
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2010/08/18/2.htm
18 Aug 2010
Research and other passions of hospitalists
This issue looks at hospitalist investigators, mid-career satisfaction, hospital-acquired infections, and medical eponyms, among other topics.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/05/letter-from-the-editor.htm
15 May 2021
Advisors discuss vaccines for fall, COVID-19/RSV/flu test approved
In addition to COVID-19-related actions, the FDA announced several device recalls and approved a drug for eosinophilic esophagitis.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/07/06/advisors-discuss-vaccines-for-fall-covid-19-rsv-flu-test-approved.htm
6 Jul 2022