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Almost 10% of patients with acute heart failure tested positive for drug use, a French study found, while an analysis of U.S. patients who injected drugs and underwent surgery for infective endocarditis found that 79% had relapsed and 68% had died by five years.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/02/21/studies-look-at-outcomes-with-drug-use-and-heart-failure-infective-endocarditis.htm
21 Feb 2024
K, kidneys, and ketoacidosis
Contraindications to sodium polystyrene sulfonate, alternative treatments for hyperkalemia, and SGLT2 inhibitors were covered at Wednesday's hospital medicine precourse in a quick review of issues in inpatient nephrology.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/04/17/2.htm
17 Apr 2019
Tap water avoidance reduced infections
A hospital found nontuberculous Mycobacteria in some of its water sources.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/12/success-story-tap-water-avoidance-reduced-infections.htm
15 Dec 2020
Microsporidiosis detected as a transplant-associated disease
A recent public health investigation by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that febrile illness in 3 transplant recipients was caused by Encephalitozoon cuniculi in their common donor.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2014/02/26/4.htm
26 Feb 2014
Guidelines recommend universal screening for cannabinoids prior to surgery
New recommendations from the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine aim to help clinicians make safe, evidence-based decisions regarding the perioperative management of patients who consume cannabis.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/01/11/free/guidelines-recommend-universal-screening-for-cannabinoids-prior-to-surgery.htm
11 Jan 2023
Recent guidance offered on preparing to treat COVID-19
ACP continues to press the government to do more to address the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and expand coverage of and access to testing and treatment.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/03/18/1.htm
18 Mar 2020
June 28, 2023
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/06/28/
No protective renal effect noted with fenoldopam in AKI patients after cardiac surgery
Fenoldopam does not appear to reduce the need for renal replacement therapy (RRT) in patients with acute kidney injury (AKI) after cardiac surgery, according to a new study.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2014/10/08/4.htm
8 Oct 2014
Scientific statement offers guidance on myocardial ischemia after cardiac surgery
Diagnosis of acute postoperative myocardial ischemia is made challenging by the absence of universally accepted criteria for the condition, according to experts gathered by the American Heart Association.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/06/28/scientific-statement-offers-guidance-on-myocardial-ischemia-after-cardiac-surgery.htm
28 Jun 2023
Letter from the Editor
This month's issue includes an in-depth look at CMS##rsquo; new observation status regulations, as well as stories on bariatric surgery complications and how to talk to patients about POLSTs.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/12/lfe.htm
15 Dec 2013