Search results for "Sepsis"
June 21, 2023
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
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Lower mortality may be associated with beta-blockers versus other drugs in patients with afib and sepsis
Calcium-channel blockers were used most often as initial treatment for afib in sepsis patients, although mortality was slightly lower in patients who received beta-blockers.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2015/08/19/2.htm
19 Aug 2015
June 28, 2023
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Surviving Sepsis Campaign guidelines updated
Changes to the guidelines include a shift away from early goal-directed therapy in favor of hemodynamic assessment to guide fluid administration after the initial fluid bolus.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/01/25/1.htm
25 Jan 2017
February 2009
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/02/
Mortality higher in severe sepsis patients whose procalcitonin doesn't go down
The study evaluated the relationship between 28-day mortality and a procalcitonin decrease of more than 80% between baseline and hospital day 4 in ICU patients with severe sepsis or septic shock.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/03/15/2.htm
15 Mar 2017
October 5, 2022
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/10/05/
April 17, 2024
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https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/04/17/
Faster antibiotics, full sepsis bundle associated with lower inpatient mortality
Overall, 82.5% of patients in the New York State registry got the recommended bundle, which included blood cultures, broad-spectrum antibiotics, and lactate measurement, within three hours.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/05/24/2.htm
24 May 2017
February 2016
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/02/