Search results for "Infectious Disease"
The perennial puzzle of pneumonia
Pneumonia diagnoses are often incorrect, studies show, and experts say hospitalists can improve the situation.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2025/01/08/the-perennial-puzzle-of-pneumonia.htm
8 Jan 2025
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
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/
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
January 2010
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/01/
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
Socioeconomic disparities to come
AI's potential for medicine could vary dramatically from hospital to hospital.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/12/04/socioeconomic-disparities-to-come.htm
4 Dec 2024
January 2016
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/01/
Telehealth-based antimicrobial stewardship program worked in 2 community hospitals
The program, which included remote consults with infectious disease physicians, led to reductions in broad-spectrum antibiotic use and antimicrobial expenditures.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/09/11/3.htm
11 Sep 2019