Search results for "Antibiotics"
New management for asthma flare-ups
Any patient with asthma may have a flare or asthma exacerbation, so primary care physicians should be aware of risk factors that might alert them to the patients who are particularly at risk.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2019/03/new-management-for-asthma-flare-ups.htm
1 Mar 2019
Two key questions guide H. pylori treatment
The best and most cost-effective treatments for H. pylori infection are the ones that work.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2018/07/two-key-questions-guide-h-pylori-treatment.htm
1 Jul 2018
Standard triple therapy may no longer be best for H. pylori eradication treatment
Standard triple treatment may be losing effectiveness in most areas of the world due to increasing resistance to clarithromycin and metronidazole.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2015/08/25/2.htm
25 Aug 2015
Inappropriate antibiotic prescriptions for Medicare patients have slightly decreased in recent years
Efforts to reduce outpatient antibiotic prescribing may have incurred a shift among options rather than a substantially reduced amount of antibiotic use.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2018/08/07/5.htm
7 Aug 2018
Guideline updates recommendations to manage adult rhinosinusitis
A new guideline updated recommendations to improve diagnosis, testing, and treatment of adult acute rhinosinusitis.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2015/04/07/2.htm
7 Apr 2015
MKSAP Quiz: Evaluation for chronic cough
A 42-year-old man is evaluated in the office for chronic cough. He first developed a cough 3 years ago. It is productive of clear to yellow sputum that is occasionally blood-tinged. Following a physical exam and chest radiograph, what is the most likely diagnosis?
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2020/07/mksap-quiz-evaluation-for-chronic-cough.htm
1 Jul 2020
Chronic sinusitis treatments compared in systematic review
Saline irrigation improved symptom scores compared with no treatment, and topical corticosteroid therapy improved overall symptom scores, improved polyp scores, and reduced polyp recurrence after surgery.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2015/09/15/4.htm
15 Sep 2015
Managing superbugs in your community
General internists are poised to assume a key role in tackling the increasingly formidable threat of antimicrobial resistance.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2017/05/superbugs.htm
1 May 2017
Penicillin allergy associated with risk of MRSA, C. diff, due to use of other antibiotics
Systematically addressing penicillin allergies may be an important public health strategy to reduce the incidence of MRSA and C. difficile among patients with a documented penicillin allergy.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2018/07/03/6.htm
3 Jul 2018
MKSAP Quiz: Evaluation for multiple myeloma
A 64-year-old man is evaluated following a recent diagnosis of multiple myeloma. Chemotherapy is planned to begin in 14 days. Which prophylactic therapy is indicated today?
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2023/12/05/3.htm
5 Dec 2023