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1 month ago | 
acphospitalist.acponline.org | Stacey Butterfield |ACP Hospitalist
Malnutrition may be everywhere, but feeding won't fix every patient. Experts offered
their advice on nutritional interventions.
The lead author of a recent statement on blood-culture negative endocarditis (BCNE)
shared his advice at Internal Medicine Meeting 2025.
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1 month ago | 
acphospitalist.acponline.org | Stacey Butterfield |ACP Hospitalist
Nocturnists have become increasingly common in academic hospital medicine, but there's been surprisingly little study of their role, an author of a recent review explains. Success Story | Most ACP Hospitalist content is available exclusively to ACP Members. This article is free to the public. Brainstorming with frontline staff helped one hospital provide quieter nights for its patients.
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1 month ago | 
acphospitalist.acponline.org | Stacey Butterfield |ACP Hospitalist
Preoperative assessment can involve an increasingly long list of medical devices. Learn what to do with them.
An anesthesiologist weighs in on whether to give carbohydrates before surgery and
gabapentin after.
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2 months ago | 
acphospitalist.acponline.org | Stacey Butterfield |Gianna Melillo |ACP Hospitalist
An infectious disease physician and epidemiologist explains why it's often OK to start
with narrower-spectrum antibiotics and escalate as needed, based on a recent study.
The FDA approved a biosimilar to rapid-acting insulin aspart, among other recent actions.
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2 months ago | 
acphospitalist.acponline.org | Stacey Butterfield |Richard Pinson |ACP Hospitalist
Experts' understanding of pressure injuries has changed, and recent thinking highlights
the importance of hospitalist involvement.
Knowing whether a pressure injury was present on admission is key to documentation.
The Society of Critical Care Medicine now suggests dexmedetomidine over propofol for
sedation and melatonin for improved sleep, among other changes in a focused update.
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2 months ago | 
acphospitalist.acponline.org | Jennifer Kearney-Strouse |Gianna Melillo |ACP Hospitalist
The American Geriatrics Society updated its position statement on older adults who
lack medical decisional capacity, an advance directive, and a surrogate decision-maker. Two of the authors discuss putting the advice into practice.
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Feb 12, 2025 | 
acphospitalist.acponline.org | Stacey Butterfield |Gianna Melillo |ACP Hospitalist
A recent review found that postdischarge contacts didn't budge readmissions. The lead
author explains what that means for practice and research.
The medication, suzetrigine, is a first-in-class drug, targeting a pain-signaling
pathway involving sodium channels in the peripheral nervous system, and was tested
on patients with pain following abdominoplasty and bunionectomy.
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Aug 14, 2024 | 
acphospitalist.acponline.org | Stacey Butterfield |Jamie Newman
Some days it feels like I'm in a hospital in a science fiction movie, with robots inthe hallways delivering food trays, virtual nurses communicating with patients, artificialintelligence working on admission decisions, and other revolutionary innovations toonumerous to mention.
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Nov 29, 2023 | 
acphospitalist.acponline.org | Stacey Butterfield
Conference Coverage | November 29, 2023 | FREE
Most ACP Hospitalist content is available exclusively to ACP Members. This article is free to the public.
International hospitalists share their common and unique experiences and challenges.
Some parts of being a hospitalist are universal, but other aspects of the job vary
dramatically from country to country.
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Sep 20, 2023 | 
acphospitalist.acponline.org | Stacey Butterfield |Jennifer Kearney-Strouse
Coronavirus | September 20, 2023 | FREE
Most ACP Hospitalist content is available exclusively to ACP Members. This article is free to the public.
A retrospective study in Belgium found that risk of pulmonary aspergillosis in mechanically
ventilated COVID-19 patients was primarily associated with pre-existing risk factors
for invasive mold disease.