Search results for "CAP"
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
Patients with HIV have similar inpatient mortality from CAP as those without HIV
Patients diagnosed with AIDS who were hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) had threefold the inpatient mortality of those with HIV and CAP but not AIDS, a retrospective Canadian study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/08/07/patients-with-hiv-have-similar-inpatient-mortality-from-cap-as-those-without-hiv.htm
7 Aug 2024
November 1, 2023
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/11/01/
Beta-lactam plus doxycycline associated with lower mortality in older patients with CAP
Compared to other guideline-concordant empiric therapies for patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), beta-lactam plus doxycycline was associated with lower 30-day and 90-day mortality in a Veterans Affairs cohort study.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/11/17/2.htm
17 Nov 2021
Glucocorticoids prescribed to 1 in 9 ward patients with CAP, real-world data suggest
Glucocorticoids were prescribed in 11.1% of patients hospitalized on medical wards with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) between 2010 and 2020, and these patients had higher inpatient mortality, data from seven Canadian hospitals showed.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/06/12/glucocorticoids-prescribed-to-one-in-9-ward-patients-with-cap-real-world-data-suggest.htm
12 Jun 2024
Guidance released for treating CAP in immunocompromised patients
The recommendations, based mainly on expert opinion, include general principles of empiric therapy and advice for specific pathogens, including methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and resistant gram-negative bacilli.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/06/24/4.htm
24 Jun 2020
Inappropriate CAP diagnosis common in hospitalized adults
A prospective cohort study of 48 hospitals in Michigan found that 12% of patients hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) appeared to have been diagnosed incorrectly and that of these, 87.6% received a full course of antibiotics.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/03/27/inappropriate-cap-diagnosis-common-in-hospitalized-adults.htm
27 Mar 2024
Poor outcomes, inappropriate treatment more likely in CAP due to Pseudomonas aeruginosa, study finds
P. aeruginosa was found in 4% of studied Spanish patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), and of these patients who had antibiogram data available, 32% were found to have multidrug-resistant infections.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/04/27/4.htm
27 Apr 2016
ATS/IDSA release clinical practice guideline on diagnosing, treating CAP
The new American Thoracic Society (ATS) and Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) guideline updates the 2007 community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) guideline and includes significant changes, such as preferring macrolides over fluoroquinolones.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/10/09/2.htm
9 Oct 2019
January 31, 2024
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/01/31/