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Knowing when AI is wrong

Physicians need to learn the explanations behind artificial intelligence (AI) answers, say the authors of a study in which hospitalists had lower diagnostic accuracy when working with biased AI.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/03/13/knowing-when-ai-is-wrong.htm
13 Mar 2024

Guideline addresses viral testing in patients with community-acquired pneumonia

The new American Thoracic Society guideline opposes routine use of nucleic acid-based testing for noninfluenza viral pathogens in outpatients with community-acquired pneumonia but identifies some uses for the tests in inpatients.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/05/12/4.htm
12 May 2021

Antibiotics with extended anaerobic coverage didn't improve outcomes in aspiration pneumonia

Patients with aspiration pneumonia who received extended anaerobic coverage had no reduction in mortality risk and a significantly higher risk of Clostridioides difficile than those prescribed limited anaerobic coverage.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/02/28/antibiotics-with-extended-anaerobic-coverage-didnt-improve-outcomes-in-aspiration-pneumonia.htm
28 Feb 2024

Probiotic didn't reduce pneumonia in ventilated ICU patients, study finds

ICU patients from three countries were randomized to either enteral Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG or placebo twice daily for a median of nine days and developed ventilator-associated pneumonia at similar rates.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/09/29/2.htm
29 Sep 2021

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

Latest studies look at pneumonia scores and stroke rates in inpatients with COVID-19

The PSI and CURB-65 work in patients with pneumonia from SARS-CoV-2, one study found, while another estimated stroke rates in COVID-19 inpatients. Research on breakthrough infections showed that full vaccination provided more protection than previous infection, among other findings.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/11/10/1.htm
10 Nov 2021

New antibiotic approved for hospital-acquired pneumonia

The FDA approved sulbactam and durlobactam for injection to treat hospital-acquired or ventilator-associated pneumonia caused by susceptible strains of Acinetobacter baumannii-calcoaceticus complex, among other recent actions.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/07/05/new-antibiotic-approved-for-hospital-acquired-pneumonia.htm
5 Jul 2023

Empiric antibiotics for pneumonia often not de-escalated after negative cultures

Rates of antimicrobial de-escalation immediately following negative cultures for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas varied widely across hospitals, ranging from 2% to 35%, with larger teaching hospitals having the highest rates of de-escalation.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/03/11/4.htm
11 Mar 2020

Nearly half of inpatients with pneumonia or urinary tract infection were overprescribed antibiotics after discharge

The most common types of antibiotic overuse after discharge included excess duration for pneumonia and unnecessary treatment of asymptomatic bacteriuria, a retrospective cohort study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/09/23/3.htm
23 Sep 2020

A new era of pneumonia management

New guidelines change categorization, testing, and prescribing for pneumonia.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/01/a-new-era-of-pneumonia-management.htm
15 Jan 2020

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