Search results for "Antibiotics"
Longer antibiotic delay intervals associated with hospital mortality in patients with suspected sepsis
While both time from ED triage to antibiotic order and time from antibiotic order to infusion were associated with increased hospital mortality, this was true only for longer delays, indicating that a one-hour antibiotic administration target may be too aggressive, study authors said.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/02/24/5.htm
24 Feb 2021
Mythbusting COPD exacerbations
A pulmonologist offered her do's and don'ts for treating chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/10/30/mythbusting-copd-exacerbations.htm
30 Oct 2024
Inpatient antibiotic stewardship programs decreased antibiotic use but not infection rates
Although the nine studied hospitals successfully decreased their use of targeted antibiotics, rates of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase, vancomycin-resistant enterococci, carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae, and multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa did not improve.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/07/22/5.htm
22 Jul 2020
COVID-19 and antibiotics: Less is more
Experts urge clinicians to remember stewardship amid the pandemic.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/12/covid-19-and-antibiotics-less-is-more.htm
15 Dec 2020
Preop antibiotics should not delay surgery for infective endocarditis
One recent study analyzed the effects of preoperative antibiotics on infective endocarditis while another evaluated the risk of infective endocarditis with various species of streptococcal bloodstream infections.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/07/01/5.htm
1 Jul 2020
Review finds limited evidence to support oral antibiotics in S. aureus bacteremia, endocarditis
Rates of treatment failure and adverse events were similar among patients with Staphylococcus aureus who were randomized to fully IV treatment versus at least some oral antibiotics, but only four trials were judged eligible for inclusion by the authors of a recent meta-analysis.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/09/25/review-finds-limited-evidence-to-support-oral-antibiotics-in-s-aureus-bacteremia-endocarditis.htm
25 Sep 2024
Postoperative antibiotic prophylaxis may not reduce risk of surgical-site infection
Findings from a systematic review and meta-analysis of 52 studies support World Health Organization recommendations against continuing surgical antibiotic prophylaxis postoperatively.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/06/03/4.htm
3 Jun 2020
October 2014
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/10/
Antibiotic use common during asthma hospitalizations, associated with longer stay
For patients receiving systemic corticosteroids during an asthma hospitalization, getting antibiotics in addition wasn't associated with any reduction in treatment failure, according to a large retrospective study.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/02/06/4.htm
6 Feb 2019
February 23, 2022
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https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/02/23/