Medical Xpress: PHYSorg news tagged with: hospitalized patients http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. TPN-linked hyperglycemia ups death for non-critically ill (HealthDay)—Non-critically ill hospitalized patients who develop hyperglycemia after total parenteral nutrition (TPN) are more than five times more likely to die in the hospital, according to research published online Dec. 6 in Diabetes Care. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-tpn-linked-hyperglycemia-ups-death-non-critically.html Diabetes Thu, 03 Jan 2013 13:32:35 EST news276442337 Probiotics show potential to minimize C. difficile (Medical Xpress)—New cases of C. difficile-associated diarrhea among hospitalized patients taking antibiotics can be reduced by two-thirds with the use of probiotics, according to new research published Monday in the Annals of Internal Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-probiotics-potential-minimize-difficile.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 13 Nov 2012 06:05:25 EST news272009113 Experts suggest all hospitalized patients have blood glucose levels tested Hyperglycemia, or having high glucose levels in the blood, is a common, serious and costly health care problem in hospitalized patients. Today, The Endocrine Society released a clinical practice guideline (CPG) providing recommendations for practical and safe glycemic targets and describing protocols and system improvements required to achieve glycemic goals for hospitalized patients in a non-critical care setting. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-experts-hospitalized-patients-blood-glucose.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 05 Jan 2012 08:29:18 EST news244974551 Frequently hospitalized patients may benefit from new medical specialty focused on their needs Declining rates of hospitalization have discouraged primary care doctors from seeing their patients in the hospital and encouraged the growing use of "hospitalists," a new physician specialty focused on the care of hospitalized patients. Further developments in the field mean that frequently hospitalized patients also may need a specialist focused on their care, according to an expert on hospital care at the University of Chicago. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-04-frequently-hospitalized-patients-benefit-medical.html Health Fri, 29 Apr 2011 05:25:14 EST news223273497