Search results for "Guidelines"
ATS/IDSA release clinical practice guideline on diagnosing, treating CAP
The new American Thoracic Society (ATS) and Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) guideline updates the 2007 community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) guideline and includes significant changes, such as preferring macrolides over fluoroquinolones.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/10/09/2.htm
9 Oct 2019
Early minimally invasive surgery may improve outcomes for certain intracerebral hemorrhages
An industry-sponsored trial found that functional outcomes at 180 days were better with minimally invasive hematoma evacuation plus guideline-based medical management than medical management alone, if surgery could be done within 24 hours.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/04/17/early-minimally-invasive-surgery-may-improve-outcomes-for-certain-intracerebral-hemorrhages.htm
17 Apr 2024
American Thoracic Society releases guideline on diagnosing fungal infections
The clinical practice guideline focuses on the laboratory diagnosis of invasive pulmonary aspergillosis, invasive candidiasis, blastomycosis, coccidioidomycosis, and histoplasmosis.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/09/11/2.htm
11 Sep 2019
Guidelines on resistant gram-negatives
Hospitalists are some of the best antibiotic stewards, according to the lead author of recent guidance that aims to help them manage tricky infections.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/09/06/free/guidelines-on-resistant-gram-negatives.htm
6 Sep 2023
ACP issues guidelines on use of high-flow nasal oxygen, point-of-care ultrasound
New guidelines from the College suggest when to use high-flow nasal oxygen rather than noninvasive ventilation or conventional oxygen therapy and address the use of point-of-care ultrasound in ED and inpatient diagnostic pathways for acute dyspnea.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/05/05/1.htm
5 May 2021
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/
New EUA and dose guidelines for COVID-19 released, ACIP reviewed myocarditis reports
The FDA gave an emergency use authorization (EUA) to tocilizumab for inpatients, the NIH revised dosing recommendations on monoclonal antibodies for outpatients, and government experts said myocarditis is extremely rare with the vaccines, among other recent COVID-19 news.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/06/30/1.htm
30 Jun 2021
Patients with low-risk S. aureus bacteremia may not need routine imaging
In a retrospective cohort study in the Netherlands, relapse-free survival at 90 days was similar in patients with low-risk S. aureus infection who received additional imaging and those who did not.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/04/17/patients-with-low-risk-s-aureus-bacteremia-may-not-need-routine-imaging.htm
17 Apr 2024
Only half of ICU patients with alcohol use disorder received thiamine, despite guidelines
An observational study of ICU patients with alcohol use disorder found that use of thiamine supplementation was 59% for those admitted for alcohol withdrawal, 26% for septic shock, 41% for traumatic brain injury, and 24% for diabetic ketoacidosis.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/12/08/4.htm
8 Dec 2021
New guideline explains use of advanced imaging in cardiovascular infections
A new multisociety guideline compares radionuclide imaging with fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/CT and single photon emission CT/CT leukocyte scintigraphy with echocardiography and cardiac CT for patients with infections.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/03/20/new-guideline-explains-use-of-advanced-imaging-in-cardiovascular-infections.htm
20 Mar 2024