Search results for "End-of-Life Care"
Latest research, recommendations cover diabetes, clots, and remdesivir in COVID-19
Mortality was lower in diabetes patients given sitagliptin at admission for COVID-19, ACP practice points support remdesivir, acquired thrombophilia does not predict clots, cardiac arrest survival is low, and admissions for other conditions were still way down over the summer.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/10/07/1.htm
7 Oct 2020
December 2014
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/12/
July 2021
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/07/
Hospitalizations common near the end of life in heart failure patients
More than half (64%) of hospitalizations during the last year of heart failure patients' lives were for noncardiovascular causes, a Danish registry study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/06/26/3.htm
26 Jun 2019
‘No escalation of treatment’ orders common, often ambiguous, small study finds
Researchers interviewed 30 physicians at seven hospitals about “no escalation of treatment” designations and concluded that systems-level interventions to make these orders clearer and more consistent would be helpful.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/08/31/no-escalation-of-treatment-orders-common-often-ambiguous-small-study-finds.htm
31 Aug 2022
Recent Research
Hyperglycemia and cerebral venous thrombosis outcomes, “opt-out” HIV screening, invasive versus conservative strategy in elderly cardiac patients, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/03/recent-research.htm
15 Mar 2016
Better endings are possible
Patients need ideal medical care at the end of life, but they don't always get it.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/06/palliative.htm
15 Jun 2010
Hospitalists can help IOM fix dying process
A new report calls for improvements in end-of-life care.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/12/qa.htm
15 Dec 2014
Advance care planning
Medicare began paying for advance care planning services in 2016 to encourage such conversations and compensate clinicians for the time spent having them.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/12/coding-advance-care-planning.htm
15 Dec 2017
Agreeing on an ending
Hospitalists struggle with end-of-life-care disputes.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/11/end.htm
15 Nov 2010