Antimicrobial-resistant infections
Practice Management
Sneak Peak: The Hospital Leader Blog “The Impact of Hospital Design on Health – for Patients AND Providers”
We owe it to ourselves to do what we can to improve our work settings.
Clinical
Procalcitonin guidance improves antibiotic stewardship
Use of the procalcitonin assay has been shown to reduce antibiotic utilization without an increase in adverse outcomes.
Clinical
Postdischarge antibiotics for complicated pneumonia
Study shows treatment failure of complicated pneumonia is uncommon, occurs at same rate for both oral and PICC treatment.
Article
Inpatient antibiotic use has not declined
Inpatient antibiotic use has not declinedClinical question: How has inpatient antibiotic use changed in the United States in recent years?[[{"fid...
From the Society
‘Fight the Resistance’ with Antibiotic Stewardship Mentored Implementation
SHM is committed to promoting improved antibiotic-prescribing behaviors among the nation’s hospitalists
Article
Infectious disease physicians: Antibiotic shortages are the new norm
Antibiotic shortages are now a way of life, and physicians report that shortages are affecting patient care and outcomes.
News
Oral Antibiotics for Infective Endocarditis May Be Safe in Low-Risk Patients
Does transitioning to oral antibiotics to treat infective endocarditis increase rates of relapse and death?
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Procalcitonin Guidance Safely Decreases Antibiotic Use in Critically Ill Patients
Clinical question: Can the use of procalcitonin levels to determine when to discontinue antibiotic therapy safely reduce the duration of...
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Colistin Resistance Reinforces Antibiotic Stewardship Efforts
In 2015, researchers in China announced they had found for the first time a bacterial gene conferring resistance to colistin.
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Superbug Infections On the Rise With No Antibiotic Success Yet
NEW YORK - After two confirmed U.S.