Search results for "Pneumonia"
Pneumonia specificity
For reimbursement, pneumonia types are classified as complex or simple, and identifying the specific cause of pneumonia whenever possible is crucial for correct coding.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/07/10/pneumonia-specificity.htm
10 Jul 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
Lower mortality in COVID-19 with remdesivir plus dexamethasone than dexamethasone alone
An industry-funded retrospective study found that COVID-19 patients who got both remdesivir and dexamethasone had lower inpatient mortality than matched patients who got dexamethasone alone, across all levels of respiratory support.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/10/02/free/lower-mortality-in-covid-19-with-remdesivir-plus-dexamethasone-than-dexamethasone-alone.htm
2 Oct 2024
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
Most patients hospitalized with pneumonia had discordant initial, discharge diagnoses
Patients who were discharged from the hospital with a pneumonia diagnosis after being admitted from the ED with a different diagnosis had higher 30-day mortality than those with concordant diagnoses, a retrospective Veterans Affairs study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/08/07/most-patients-hospitalized-with-pneumonia-had-discordant-initial-discharge-diagnoses.htm
7 Aug 2024
Drug-resistance score helped guide antibiotic use in ED patients with pneumonia
Electronically calculating the newly developed score reduced initial empiric broad-spectrum antibiotic use compared to using health care-associated pneumonia criteria.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/05/15/3.htm
15 May 2019
Antibiotic OKed for pneumonia, bloodstream, skin infections
In addition to approving ceftobiprole medocaril sodium for three different types of infection, the FDA authorized the first generic version of fidaxomicin, among other actions.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/04/10/antibiotic-oked-for-pneumonia-bloodstream-skin-infections.htm
10 Apr 2024
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
Corticosteroids appear safe but ineffective in M. pneumoniae pneumonia
Hospitalized adults with Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia who received adjunctive corticosteroids had similar time to hypoxemia regression and length of stay but shorter fever duration versus controls, a Swedish cohort study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/09/11/corticosteroids-appear-safe-but-ineffective-in-m-pneumoniae-pneumonia.htm
11 Sep 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