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FDA approves self-administration of nasal flu vaccine

The FDA announced that the nasal spray vaccine may now be administered by patients and caregivers, among other recent actions. A prescription is still required.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/10/02/fda-approves-self-administration-of-nasal-flu-vaccine.htm
2 Oct 2024

New guidelines cover preventive, chronic, acute care for sickle cell disease

New evidence-based guidelines on the management of sickle cell disease were released last week by a group of experts convened by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2014/09/17/5.htm
17 Sep 2014

December 2017

ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/12/

Better outcomes from treatment of sickle cell crisis at infusion centers vs. EDs

Adults with sickle cell disease who received treatment for uncomplicated vaso-occlusive crises in an infusion center received pain medication twice as fast and had four times greater odds of being discharged home compared to those treated in an ED.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/07/14/4.htm
14 Jul 2021

March 20, 2024

ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/03/20/

CDC guideline on opioid prescribing linked with worse sickle cell disease outcomes

Opioid dispensing rates decreased and hospitalizations for pain increased among patients with sickle cell disease following the release of a 2016 CDC guideline on opioid prescribing.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/03/20/cdc-guideline-on-opioid-prescribing-linked-with-worse-sickle-cell-disease-outcomes.htm
20 Mar 2024

Early lactated Ringer solution superior to normal saline in sickle cell crises

Lactated Ringer solution was associated with more hospital-free days and fewer readmissions than normal saline in patients who received two or more liters of fluid on the first day and in those with the hemoglobin SS genotype, a retrospective study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/09/18/early-lactated-ringer-solution-superior-to-normal-saline-in-sickle-cell-crises.htm
18 Sep 2024