Search results for "Infectious Diseases"
March 22, 2023
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/03/22/
Pharmacist-led antimicrobial stewardship strategies worked in community hospitals
While both a modified preauthorization intervention and postprescription audit and review intervention were feasible, the latter led to more antibiotic de-escalation and may have decreased overall antimicrobial use.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/08/21/2.htm
21 Aug 2019
Risk factors may not accurately identify complicated Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia
The Infectious Diseases Society of America's criteria for determining complicated S. aureus bacteremia had low to moderate predictive value and could lead to unnecessary antibiotic treatment, according to a prospective cohort study in the Netherlands.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/01/10/risk-factors-may-not-accurately-identify-complicated-staphylococcus-aureus-bacteremia.htm
10 Jan 2024
HIV-related admissions declined from 1996 to 2016, but readmission rates were stable
An analysis of patients treated for HIV in North Carolina found that patients who were older or black had higher risk of hospitalization, as did those with more HIV RNA or lower CD4 counts.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/10/30/5.htm
30 Oct 2019
Biomarkers may predict which medications are effective for patients hospitalized for COVID-19
Two studies looked at biomarkers that could be used to identify high-risk hospital patients who would likely benefit from medications for COVID-19, while another recent analysis provided reassuring data on the aftereffects of acute kidney injury during COVID-19 hospitalization.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/02/28/free/biomarkers-may-predict-which-medications-are-effective-for-patients-hospitalized-for-covid-19.htm
28 Feb 2024
Approval delays for high-cost OPAT common, associated with discharge to subacute care
Almost a third of patients who were prescribed outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) with daptomycin, ceftaroline, ertapenem, or a beta-lactam beta-lactamase inhibitor combination had to wait more than a day for prior authorization.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/11/06/2.htm
6 Nov 2019
February 2017
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/02/
Procalcitonin do's and don'ts
Although the optimal use of procalcitonin is still up for debate, there are best practices for getting the most bang for this blood test.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/07/05/free/procalcitonin-dos-and-donts.htm
5 Jul 2023
Variations, improvement strategies in hospital care for COVID-19
Two new studies looked at the problems of variation in hospital outcomes and transmission in health care settings. Other articles offered strategies to make the most of hospitalists, personalize treatment, predict mortality, and follow the evidence.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/07/22/2.htm
22 Jul 2020
De-escalation of antibiotics effective in Enterobacterales bacteremia, Spanish trial finds
The pragmatic trial found similarly high cure rates and no difference in serious adverse events between patients who continued on an antipseudomonal beta-lactam and those de-escalated to an antibiotic without antipseudomonal activity.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/01/17/de-escalation-of-antibiotics-effective-in-enterobacterales-bacteremia-spanish-trial-finds.htm
17 Jan 2024