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Ambulatory Patients with COPD Exacerbations Can Be Managed Without Antibiotics in the Absence of Increased Sputum Purulence, Elevated C-Reactive Protein
June 1, 2014
Increased sputum purulence and CRP >40 mg/L identified COPD patients likely to have a clinical failure without antibiotics
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MERS Cases Put Hospitalists on Alert for Infectious Disease
May 21, 2014
Physicians warned to look for fever, respiratory symptoms in patients who recently traveled to U.S. from Middle East regions
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CDC Report Calls for Hospitalists to Focus on Antibiotic Stewardship
March 19, 2014
Hospitalist prescribing practices, treatment standards need work
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What Patients Undergoing Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Procedures Should Receive Antibiotic Prophylaxis?
March 2, 2014
Prophylactic antibiotics not recommended in routine endoscopy or colonoscopy
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No Benefits to Therapeutic Hypothermia for Severe Bacterial Meningitis
February 25, 2014
Can therapeutic hypothermia improve functional outcomes in comatose patients with severe bacterial meningitis?
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CDC Identifies Greatest Antibiotic Resistance Threats of Next Decade in U.S.
February 19, 2014
Agency recommends four core actions to combat spread of infections, resistant bacteria
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Hospitalist Reviews of New Research on Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria, Pressure Ulcers, Severe Alcoholic Hepatitis, and More
February 1, 2014
Also reviewed this month: surgical readmission rates, preventable hospitalizations, hospitalist-staffed post-discharge clinics
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Infectious Disease Specialists Improve Patient Outcomes
December 2, 2013
Mortality risk lower for patients who see an ID physician within 48 hours of hospital admission
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CDC Expert Discusses MRSA Infections and Monitoring for Anti-Microbial Resistance
November 1, 2013
Jean Patel, PhD, deputy director of the Office of Antimicrobial Resistance at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, talks about MRSA infections and the importance of close monitoring for new signs of anti-microbial resistance
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Hospitalists Poised to Prevent, Combat Antibiotic-Resistant Pathogens
November 1, 2013
CDC report is call to action against dangerous bugs, including Clostridium difficile, carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae, drug-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae, and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus