Search results for "Pneumonia"
July 6, 2022
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
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February 23, 2022
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November 16, 2022
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September 14, 2022
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February 16, 2022
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
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November 23, 2022
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
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Study urges cautious use of systemic corticosteroids in patients with ICU-acquired pneumonia
Systemic corticosteroids should be used “very cautiously” in patients with ICU-acquired pneumonia, as the drugs are associated with greater mortality in this population, a study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2012/08/29/4.htm
29 Aug 2012
Prior hospitalization, nursing home residency predict multidrug-resistant infection in pneumonia
Among inpatients with pneumonia, hospitalization in the previous 90 days and residence in a nursing home were independent predictors of infection with resistant pathogens, a new study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2012/02/15/3.htm
15 Feb 2012
Safety-net hospitals sent more patients to postacute facilities under bundled payments
A study of hospitals participating in Medicare's bundled payment program found that those with safety-net status didn't differ from others on postdischarge care cost or quality, but discharged a higher percentage of patients to institutions and a lower percentage to home health care.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/11/24/3.htm
24 Nov 2021
January 2020
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/01/