Infectious Diseases
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Ebola Outbreak Reminds Hospitalists How To Prepare for Infectious Disease
When the outbreak first started, and in the months that followed, Ebola virus dominated American headlines.
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Once-Weekly Antibiotic Might Be Effective for Treatment of Acute Bacterial Skin Infections
Research suggests intravenous dalbavancin similarly efficacious to intravenous vancomycin
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Adults Hospitalized for Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections Have High Morbidity, Mortality Rates
Clinical question: What are the complications and outcomes of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection in adults requiring hospitalization?...
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Once-Weekly Antibiotic Might Be Effective for Treatment of Acute Bacterial Skin Infections
Research suggests intravenous dalbavancin similarly efficacious to intravenous vancomycin
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Which Patients Should be Screened for Hepatitis C Virus Infection?
Insufficient current screening strategies for people with high prevalence of chronic HCV infection should prompt hospitalists to improve screening...
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MERS Cases Put Hospitalists on Alert for Infectious Disease
Physicians warned to look for fever, respiratory symptoms in patients who recently traveled to U.S. from Middle East regions
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No Benefits to Therapeutic Hypothermia for Severe Bacterial Meningitis
Can therapeutic hypothermia improve functional outcomes in comatose patients with severe bacterial meningitis?
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Hospitalist Reviews of New Research on Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria, Pressure Ulcers, Severe Alcoholic Hepatitis, and More
Also reviewed this month: surgical readmission rates, preventable hospitalizations, hospitalist-staffed post-discharge clinics
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Infectious Disease Specialists Improve Patient Outcomes
Mortality risk lower for patients who see an ID physician within 48 hours of hospital admission
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Bugs, Drugs, and You: HM13 Pre-Course Reviews Infectious Disease Essentials for the Hospitalist
Jam-packed, ID-focused pre-course is high-yield review of relevant ID topics encountered by practicing hospitalists