Search results for "Fever"
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
Fever treatment does not improve 28-day mortality in critically ill adults with sepsis, review finds
One hypothesis for the decrease in early (and not later) mortality is that controlling fever blunts the immunologic benefit of hyperthermia, leading to increased nosocomial infections later in the hospital course, the study authors speculated.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/03/01/2.htm
1 Mar 2017
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Studies describe H5N1 avian influenza cases of 2024
Almost all H5N1 cases reported to the CDC in recent months were associated with animal exposure and led to mild illness, but a Canadian adolescent got severely ill with a variant that showed significant mutations, new research revealed.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2025/01/08/studies-describe-h5n1-avian-influenza-cases-of-2024.htm
8 Jan 2025
CDC warns of Q fever in Iraq, Netherlands
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https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2010/05/19/5.htm
19 May 2010
GLP-1 receptor agonists get expanded indication, new generic
The FDA approved tirzepatide, a glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) and dual glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide receptor agonist, for obstructive sleep apnea in some patients, as well as a generic for liraglutide, among other actions.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2025/01/08/glp-1-receptor-agonists-get-expanded-indication-new-generic.htm
8 Jan 2025
April 2014
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https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/04/
February 2016
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Upper range of normal temperature in noninfected hospitalized patients below 100.4 °F
A study of almost 500,000 oral temperature measurements of medical inpatients without malignancy, infection, or immunological dysfunction found that in 99%, the top of the range was 99.9 °F, leading study authors to suggest it may be time to reassess the definition of fever.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/05/19/1.htm
19 May 2021
June 2011
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https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/06/