Hospital Medicine News

Only 25 minutes of slow walking each day could be enough to mitigate the negative effects of bed rest among older hospitalized patients, a recent study in the British Journal of Sports Medicine found.

Recent data show that more than 6.6 million antibiotics are inappropriately prescribed at dental visits each year, resulting in about $31 million each year in health care costs and out-of-pocket expenses.

The AAP updated its policy statement on pediatric organ donation for the first time in 13 years, focusing on guidance to help clinicians navigate difficult organ donation and transplantation decisions.

People with HIV diagnosed with mpox were not at an increased risk for hospitalization unless they were immunosuppressed, according to findings presented at the International AIDS Society Conference on HIV Science.

Better definition of hospital onset bacteremia and fungemia patients could improve care, including reducing mortality rates, higher readmission risk and cost, and longer length of stay, a study found.

ORLANDO — In this video, Emily N. Gaddam, RN, BSN, CIC, MHDS, a nurse epidemiologist at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, explains how the facility uses a team-based approach to reduce the spread of Candida auris.

Cannabis-involved emergency department visits among children, teens and young adults in the United States increased during the COVID-19 pandemic, a study published in MMWR found.

Experts published new recommendations focused on helping hospitals implement evidence-based infection prevention recommendations into practice.

Children treated during prehospital encounters with emergency medical services often do not receive medication doses that are concordant with national guidelines, according to a study published in Pediatrics.

A study of more than 50 adults with a serious inflammatory syndrome linked to SARS-CoV-2 infection found that fewer than half were diagnosed with the condition while they were hospitalized.