Search results for "Pneumonia"
April 13, 2022
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
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December 2012
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
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March 2019
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
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October 2013
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/10/
May 2019
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/05/
June 2013
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/06/
September 2009
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
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Doxycycline for CAP associated with lower C. diff risk than azithromycin
In a retrospective study of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) patients, treatment with doxycycline instead of azithromycin was associated with a particularly significant reduction in risk of Clostridioides difficile infection among those who had already had C. diff within the past year.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/11/08/doxycycline-for-cap-associated-with-lower-c-diff-risk-than-azithromycin.htm
8 Nov 2023
Drug-resistance score helped guide antibiotic use in ED patients with pneumonia
Electronically calculating the newly developed score reduced initial empiric broad-spectrum antibiotic use compared to using health care-associated pneumonia criteria.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/05/15/3.htm
15 May 2019
Reducing unnecessary antibiotic use in CAP
Testing and treatment are rapidly evolving for inpatients with community-acquired pneumonia.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/06/community-acquired-pneumonia.htm
15 Jun 2017