Hospital Medicine Journal Articles

• Evaluating Vitamin C in Septic Shock IV vitamin C administration has been investigated as a possible treatment strategy for septic shock in the ICU, but how effective is it?
  Critical Care Medicine, May 20, 2022
• Assessing Cognition, Pain Among Patients Unable to Communicate Review the feasibility and reliability of observational assessments of cognitive function, mood, and pain for patients in post-acute care settings who are unable to communicate.
  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, May 17, 2022
• Waning Effectiveness of mRNA Vaccines Against COVID-19 The findings in this report underscore the importance of receiving a third dose of mRNA COVID-19 vaccine and suggest that an additional dose may be necessary to sustain protection.
  Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report, May 13, 2022
• Effectiveness of BNT162b2 Vaccine Booster Against SARS-CoV-2 How effective is this booster dose against SARS-CoV-2 infection and complications in breakthrough cases?
  Emerging Infectious Diseases, May 13, 2022
• Antipsychotics and Mortality Risk in Patients With Dementia This study found a significant increase in 180-day mortality risk in patients with dementia treated with antipsychotic drugs, irrespective of preexisting comorbidities.
  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, May 10, 2022
• Outcomes Among Adults With SARS-CoV-2 Infection Delta/Omicron This CDC report reaffirms that COVID-19 vaccination, particularly a booster dose, continues to be critical in mitigating the health care burden of the Omicron variant.
  Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report, May 09, 2022
• Risk for Asymptomatic Household Transmission of C diff Recently hospitalized individuals may be potential asymptomatic C diff carriers. What is the risk for transmitting this infection to other household members?
  Emerging Infectious Diseases, May 06, 2022
• Management of Aggressive Patient Situations Nurses are at a greater risk for experiencing violence in the workplace. A new initiative teaches skills to help prevent and defuse these situations.
  American Nurse Journal, May 04, 2022
• BP Management for Ischemic Stroke in the First 24 Hours Should blood pressure be lowered after ischemic stroke, or might it make matters worse? This review summarizes the latest evidence.
  Stroke, May 02, 2022
• SARS-CoV-2 Infection Among Adults by Vaccination Status This study confirms that COVID-19 vaccination protects against severe COVID-19 caused by SARS-CoV-2 variants, including Omicron, especially for those who have received a booster.
  Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report, April 29, 2022
• COVID-19 Vaccination Antibody Response in Healthcare Workers A study of COVID-19 breakthrough infections among vaccinated healthcare workers provides insight into the durability of antibody response after vaccination.
  Emerging Infectious Diseases, April 29, 2022
• Effectiveness of a Third Dose of mRNA Vaccines Against COVID-19 Receipt of a third mRNA vaccine dose was highly effective at preventing moderately severe and severe COVID-19 during Delta and Omicron predominance, according to this report.
  Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report, April 25, 2022
• COVID-19 Cases by Vaccination Status and Previous Diagnosis This CDC report analyzed the risks for SARS-CoV-2 infection and hospitalization after COVID-19 vaccination and previous infection, prior to widespread circulation of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant.
  Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report, April 20, 2022
• Third mRNA Vaccine in Preventing COVID-19 Hospitalization According to this CDC report, a third dose of an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine significantly increases effectiveness against hospitalization among adults without and with immunocompromising conditions.
  Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report, April 18, 2022
• Disparities in Receipt of Treatments for COVID-19 Do disparities exist in the receipt of COVID-19 treatments such as monoclonal antibodies and antivirals among racial and ethnic minorities?
  Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report, April 15, 2022
• Tracheostomy Timing and Outcomes in Ventilated COVID-19 What is the optimal timing for tracheostomy in COVID-19 patients who require mechanical ventilation?
  Critical Care, April 15, 2022
• Effectiveness of Pfizer mRNA Vaccine Against MIS-C Receipt of 2 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine is associated with a high level of protection against multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children aged 12 to 18 years, according to this CDC report.
  Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report, April 04, 2022
• Stroke Among Patients Hospitalized With COVID-19 Reports have indicated that COVID-19 is associated with increased risk for ischemic stroke. What are the characteristics of hospitalized COVID-19 patients with acute ischemic stroke and TIA?
  Stroke, April 04, 2022
• Vitamin D Deficiency With COVID-19 Infection Severity COVID-19 patients who are vitamin D deficient may be at a greater risk for more severe disease.
  Clinical Endocrinology, March 31, 2022
• Combination Lipid-lowering Therapy in Very High-risk Patients In this commentary, the authors make the case for treating all very high- and extremely high-risk patients with combination lipid-lowering therapy as the basic standard of care.
  European Heart Journal, March 23, 2022