Search results for "Geriatrics"
Gender pay gap persists in internal medicine, especially in procedural subspecialties
Only general internal medicine, endocrinology, and geriatrics had more women than men, and only 26% of full professors were women, an analysis of U.S. internal medicine faculty in 2018 to 2019 found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/07/21/3.htm
21 Jul 2021
November 2008
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/11/
February 2009
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/02/
Care pathway with nurse screening for delirium may have reduced length of stay, 30-day readmissions
An academic tertiary care hospital in Northern California found that adjusted mean hospital length of stay decreased by 2% and the adjusted odds of 30-day readmission decreased by 14% after implementation of a delirium screening and care pathway for inpatients ages 50 years and older.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/06/16/3.htm
16 Jun 2021
Melatonin does not improve delirium in older inpatients
No significant differences in Memorial Delirium Assessment Scale scores were seen between patients randomized to 5 mg of melatonin nightly or placebo, a small trial found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/03/13/melatonin-does-not-improve-delirium-in-older-inpatients.htm
13 Mar 2024
Outcomes of hospital-level care at home comparable to hospitalization for older adults
A randomized trial of hospital at home found no difference in the proportion of patients who had died or were living at home at six months, although participants who had received care at home were less likely to be in long-term residential care than those who had been hospitalized.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/04/21/3.htm
21 Apr 2021
January 2009
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/01/
A strategy for long stays
Patients with extended hospitalizations got continuity and targeted help under a new program.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/11/29/a-strategy-for-long-stays.htm
29 Nov 2023
Hospitalizations for ambulatory care-sensitive conditions associated with functional decline, other adverse outcomes in the elderly
A longitudinal analysis looked at total disability score, functional recovery, and incident nursing home admission within six months of hospitalization for an ambulatory care-sensitive condition, such as diabetes or pneumonia, in elderly community-living adults.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/07/28/2.htm
28 Jul 2021
September 20, 2023
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/09/20/