Search results for "Infectious diseases"
New best practice guidance encourages stewardship of urine culture orders
A panel of 15 experts offered recommendations for diagnostic stewardship of urine cultures, including strategies for ordering, processing, and reporting cultures in the ED, hospital, outpatient practice, and long-term care.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2021/12/07/6.htm
7 Dec 2021
ACP reminds adults to get their influenza vaccination
National Influenza Vaccination Week 2022 is Dec. 5 to 9.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2022/12/06/2.htm
6 Dec 2022
Frequency of COVID-19 rebound debated in research, ACP/Annals forum
Two letters reported on SARS-CoV-2 viral rebound among patients taking nirmatrelvir-ritonavir. The latest ACP and Annals of Internal Medicine forum brought experts together to discuss this and other clinical challenges in COVID-19 prevention and management on Wednesday, Sept. 7.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2022/09/13/2.htm
13 Sep 2022
Latest updates on ACP's priorities, initiatives
ACP Spotlight offers readers a look at ACP's current top priorities and initiatives, as well as highlights from our e-newsletter, ACP Internist Weekly.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2021/05/latest-updates-on-acps-priorities-initiatives.htm
1 May 2021
Trio of plenary speakers offers hope, humanity, healing
Plenary speakers Anthony S. Fauci, MD, Kimberly Manning, MD, FACP, and Rana Awdish, MD, FACP, reflected on the COVID-19 pandemic and systemic racism in the United States and offered ways to move forward.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2021/06/trio-of-plenary-speakers-offers-hope-humanity-healing.htm
1 Jun 2021
IDSA issues updated guidelines on infectious diarrhea
Among the recommendations, physicians should obtain a detailed clinical exposure history from all people with diarrhea, including when there is a similar history in other patients, and patients who have fever or bloody diarrhea should be evaluated for enteropathogens that may respond to antimicrobial agents.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2017/10/24/1.htm
24 Oct 2017
Top 10 medical myths, busted
Ten medical myths persist despite all the evidence.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2019/06/top-10-medical-myths-busted.htm
1 Jun 2019
Internal Medicine Meeting 2021 goes virtual
This year's Internal Medicine Meeting includes more than 125 virtual sessions of varying lengths, from bite-sized presentations to one-hour clinical sessions.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2021/03/internal-medicine-meeting-2021-goes-virtual.htm
1 Mar 2021
MKSAP Quiz: Evaluation during annual follow-up visit
A 33-year-old woman is evaluated during her annual follow-up visit. She has a 2-year history of left-sided ulcerative colitis. All immunizations are up to date, and depression and anxiety screening results are negative. What is the most appropriate health maintenance screening test to perform?
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2023/03/07/3.htm
7 Mar 2023
Following up on breast density
This issue also covers vaccination practices and resources for managing the COVID-19 pandemic.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2020/06/following-up-on-breast-density.htm
1 Jun 2020