Search results for "Endocarditis"
Know your tests to evaluate rheumatic diseases
Distinguishing crystal disease from infection.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/06/rheumatic-diseases.htm
15 Jun 2015
A collection of individual cases
Hemoglobin SC disease, “cotton fever,” esophageal hemorrhage, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/09/brief-case-a-collection-of-individual-cases.htm
15 Sep 2018
Guideline-directed care after TIA or nonsevere stroke associated with lower mortality risk
Patients who received brain imaging, carotid artery imaging, antihypertensive intensification, statins, antithrombotics, and anticoagulation for atrial fibrillation after transient ischemic attack (TIA) or nonsevere ischemic stroke had lower risk of mortality.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/07/10/2.htm
10 Jul 2019
COPD meds, endocarditis, and more
Recent research from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/04/recent-research.htm
15 Apr 2021
Handling HCV in the hospital
A program led by infectious disease specialists began treating inpatients with hepatitis C virus (HCV) during hospitalization.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/12/06/free/handling-hcv-in-the-hospital.htm
6 Dec 2023
Early switch to oral linezolid reduced length of stay for S. aureus bacteremia
Low-risk patients who were switched to oral linezolid after three to nine days of parenteral treatment had similar rates of relapse and mortality as those who remained on parenteral therapy, a small study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/10/31/4.htm
31 Oct 2018
Preadmission statin exposure associated with reduced mortality in infective endocarditis
Among patients with infective endocarditis who took statins before hospitalization, continuing the drugs was associated with nearly 50% lower risk of both one-year and in-hospital mortality versus stopping them, a study from Hong Kong found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/09/21/preadmission-statin-exposure-associated-with-reduced-mortality-in-patients-with-infective-endocarditis.htm
21 Sep 2022
Diets, contrast injuries, and more
Research summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/01/recent-research.htm
15 Jan 2021
October ACP Hospitalist now online and in the mail
The latest issue of ACP Hospitalist is now available and it covers the opioid epidemic, care for prisoners, immigration policies, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/10/18/5.htm
18 Oct 2017
Individual case: Streptococcus agalactiae infective endocarditis
The patient presented with progressive weakness of the extremities that had become so severe he could not walk.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/01/brief-case-individual-streptococcus-agalactiae.htm
15 Jan 2020