Hospital Medicine News

The AAP issued guidance on evaluating and managing fevers in infants aged 8 to 60 days who have a temperature at or above 100.4°F but appear otherwise healthy.

Black adults had a higher rate of hospital-acquired injuries or illnesses than white adults who were treated at the same hospitals, an analysis showed.

Exposure to commonly prescribed nonantimicrobial drugs was associated with an increased risk for drug-resistant infections in a study of more than 1,800 patients at an Israeli hospital, researchers reported at the ECCMID virtual meeting.

The American Stroke Association, a division of the American Heart Association, has published a new scientific statement outlining the role of primary care providers in post-stroke care.

The monoclonal antibody cocktail of bamlanivimab plus etesevimab reduced the risk for COVID-19-related death and hospitalization among high-risk ambulatory patients compared with placebo, according to phase 3 trial results published today.

Infants with severe small for gestational age who were delivered iatrogenically due to suspected fetal growth restriction, or FGR, had poorer developmental and neurocognitive outcomes than infants without suspected FGR, data show.

Multiple societies representing medical professionals recommended Tuesday that COVID-19 vaccination be required for all health care personnel “as a condition of employment.”

Research has shown that neither remdesivir nor hydroxychloroquine had any effect on COVID-19 mortality, and now findings indicate that the drugs had no significant effect on the rate of SARS-CoV-2 clearance in oropharyngeal samples.

Two hospitals in California explained how they used preventive measures to successfully stop the spread of Candida auris.

Nearly one in four deaths among inpatients with COVID-19 may be attributed to hospital strains caused by surging caseloads, according to a recent study in Annals of Internal Medicine.