Search results for "Pneumonia"
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
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
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
Many cellulitis hospitalizations may be unnecessary, meta-analysis finds
The mortality rate for hospitalized patients with cellulitis in U.S. studies was 0.5%. Worldwide, it averaged 1.1%, ranging from 0% to 2.9% in the studies included in the meta-analysis.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/07/25/3.htm
25 Jul 2018
A COVID ward at home
Two physicians recently told ACP Hospitalist about how their health system got a planned program to provide acute-level care in patients' homes running in two weeks at the start of the pandemic.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/11/25/3.htm
25 Nov 2020
Telehospitalist program reduced length of stay at a rural VHA hospital, study finds
Readmission rates did not improve with telemedicine, but patients and clinicians at both the hub and spoke hospitals were highly satisfied with a Veterans Health Administration (VHA) telehospitalist pilot program.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/02/24/3.htm
24 Feb 2021
October 2007
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/10/
Chat on Twitter about new pneumonia guidelines
ACP Hospitalist's next Twitter chat will address new guidelines for community-acquired pneumonia this Thursday, Jan. 30, at 7 p.m. ET.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/01/29/1.htm
29 Jan 2020
March 2014
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/03/
New algorithm may help guide empiric therapy for patients with any type of pneumonia
The algorithm classified patients into four groups based on severity of illness (i.e., need for mechanical ventilation or ICU admission) and the presence of other risk factors for multidrug-resistant pathogens.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/08/08/3.htm
8 Aug 2018