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Take a bite out of HAP

Brushing teeth reduces hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP) risk, and changes are needed to make this simple practice happen more regularly in the hospital.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/03/06/free/take-a-bite-out-of-hap.htm
6 Mar 2024

Infectious disease doctor outlines risks of eating raw oysters

Though considered a delicacy by many, raw oysters are not your friends, noted Thomas A. Moore, MD, FACP, chair of infectious diseases at Oschner Medical Center in New Orleans, at a talk during the hospital medicine precourse.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2012/04/25/3.htm
25 Apr 2012

Lots to learn about long-term care

A new curriculum helped hospitalists moving into postacute care fill gaps in their knowledge base.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/02/28/lots-to-learn-about-long-term-care.htm
28 Feb 2024

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

Testing offers hope, no panacea for COVID-19 control

A review of the currently available tests for COVID-19 and some predictions for the future come from an infectious disease specialist recently interviewed by ACP Internist/ACP Hospitalist.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/05/13/3.htm
13 May 2020

January 2015

ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/01/

COVID-19 and stroke, racial disparities; vaccine regulatory updates

Recent studies found that stroke risk in COVID-19 was highest in middle-aged patients, that higher death rates among Hispanic patients were linked to lower health care access, and that mild COVID-19 didn't lead to cardiac abnormalities. The FDA, NIH, and CDC updated their vaccine guidance.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/11/03/1.htm
3 Nov 2021

Handling HCV in the hospital

A program led by infectious disease specialists began treating inpatients with hepatitis C virus (HCV) during hospitalization.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/12/06/free/handling-hcv-in-the-hospital.htm
6 Dec 2023

May 2017

ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/05/

Dexamethasone use, pandemic cardiac arrests and HAIs, latest COVID-19 vaccine news

Recent studies looked at use of dexamethasone and rates of in-hospital cardiac arrest in COVID-19 patients, hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) during the pandemic, and vaccine-induced immune thrombocytopenia. Also, the FDA and new research supported a third vaccine dose for organ transplant patients.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/08/18/1.htm
18 Aug 2021

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