Search results for "Pneumonia"
The vaping injury outbreak
Hospital physicians who saw early cases of lung injuries describe their experiences.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/03/the-vaping-injury-outbreak.htm
15 Mar 2020
Excess days in acute care may improve performance measurement for hospitals
A study found that replacing 30-day readmission rates with a measure of excess days in acute care would change about a quarter of penalties for targeted conditions under the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/10/21/4.htm
21 Oct 2020
HIV and AIDS
Use recommended clinical terminology on every encounter to clearly describe patients' status: either HIV infection only or HIV disease.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/04/coding-corner-hiv-and-aids.htm
15 Apr 2019
Speed of sepsis care, early feeding for mild pancreatitis, and more
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/11/recent-research.htm
15 Nov 2017
Academic hospitals' discharge practices for patients with COVID-19 compared
Most U.S. hospitals provided patients with similar guidance on isolation, but their criteria for discharge varied, leading the study authors to call for more research in this area. An Italian study found high incidence of hospital-acquired infections among COVID-19 patients in ICUs.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/04/21/2.htm
21 Apr 2021
High inpatient occupancy levels associated with lower risk of hospital-acquired C. diff
Researchers analyzed administrative data from 2008 to 2012 among Medicare recipients with a discharge diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction, heart failure, or pneumonia at 327 California hospitals.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/07/04/2.htm
4 Jul 2018
Routine bronchoscopy may not be necessary in patients with EVALI
Findings from a case series of patients with electronic cigarette or vaping product use-associated lung injury (EVALI) at a hospital in Utah suggest that bronchoscopy rarely contributed meaningfully to diagnosis, given the frequency of false positives.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/11/11/3.htm
11 Nov 2020
Guidance released for treating CAP in immunocompromised patients
The recommendations, based mainly on expert opinion, include general principles of empiric therapy and advice for specific pathogens, including methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and resistant gram-negative bacilli.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/06/24/4.htm
24 Jun 2020
Early high-flow oxygen reduced need for mechanical ventilation, sped recovery
About a third of hypoxemic patients with severe COVID-19 who were randomized to high-flow nasal oxygen in the ED or ICU were eventually intubated, compared to 51% of those who received conventional oxygen, a trial in Columbia found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/12/08/1.htm
8 Dec 2021
Same-day discharge, flu vaccine laws
Research summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/04/in-the-news.htm
15 Apr 2021