Hospital Medicine News

A study of nearly 150,000 patients who presented to the ED with complicated UTIs found many were resistant to commonly used oral antibiotics, according findings published in Open Forum Infectious Disease.

Deaths from fungal infections increased in the United States in 2020 and 2021 compared with previous years, with Aspergillus and Candida infections driving COVID-19-associated fungal deaths, researchers found.

Racial inequities in health care have fluctuated in severity for decades but data show that one constant remains: the disparities persist.

New research seems to help explain the biology behind long COVID symptoms like brain fog and increased anxiety and depression.

Researchers developed custom, reusable isolation gowns they said could help ensure that gowns are available during shortages like what occurred during the COVID-19 pandemic and help reduce waste.

Insurance-mandated weight management programs prior to bariatric surgery are ineffective “and should be abandoned,” according to researchers.

Hiring a full-time infection prevention specialist at a skilled nursing facility in California resulted in significantly improved hand hygiene rates and compliance with infection prevention practices, according to researchers.

Senators have announced a bipartisan proposal to reduce the threat of gun violence in the United States.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, a hospital in Washington, D.C., experienced an increase in patients colonized or infected with Candida auris, many of them recent transfers from a long-term care facility.

Telemedicine offers the promise of increased efficiency during patient care, but in-person evaluations and relationships are too valuable to completely disregard, according to a debate session at EULAR 2022 Congress.