Search results for "Pneumonia"
Catching postop problems
An expert offers tips on dealing with postoperative fever, urinary retention, nausea and vomiting, acute kidney injury, and atrial fibrillation.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/11/22/catching-postop-problems.htm
22 Nov 2023
January 2014
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/01/
For moderately ill pneumonia patients, mortality was lower in the ICU than on the ward
Researchers found that 36% of pneumonia patients living near hospitals with high ICU utilization rates were sent to the ICU, compared with 23% of patients living farther away.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2015/09/30/2.htm
30 Sep 2015
Advanced dementia and respiratory failure
A case highlights the importance of addressing prognosis before making care decisions.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/01/31/free/advanced-dementia-and-respiratory-failure.htm
31 Jan 2024
June 2017
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/06/
Inappropriate CAP diagnosis common in hospitalized adults
A prospective cohort study of 48 hospitals in Michigan found that 12% of patients hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) appeared to have been diagnosed incorrectly and that of these, 87.6% received a full course of antibiotics.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/03/27/inappropriate-cap-diagnosis-common-in-hospitalized-adults.htm
27 Mar 2024
May 2014
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/05/
July 2009
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/07/
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
Cases from the Medical College of Wisconsin
A mycotic aneurysm, retroperitoneal hematoma, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/02/28/free/cases-from-the-medical-college-of-wisconsin.htm
28 Feb 2024