Search results for "Geriatrics"
Frailty assessment index based on lab tests may help predict outcomes in hospitalized older adults
The index uses data from 27 laboratory values routinely assessed within 72 hours of hospital admission.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/01/15/3.htm
15 Jan 2020
ACEing geriatric care
With their special focus, Acute Care for the Elderly (ACE) units have the potential to eliminate many of the issues that make hospitalization more difficult for elderly patients.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/02/coverstory.htm
15 Feb 2011
Top Docs
Meet our 2010 Top Hospitalists.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/11/top.htm
15 Nov 2010
How COVID-19 changed end-of-life care
Hospitalists have had to find new strategies during the pandemic in order to provide optimal care, including company and comfort, to dying inpatients and their families.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/01/12/free/how-covid-19-changed-end-of-life-care.htm
12 Jan 2022
Introducing our latest list of Top Hospitalists
ACP Hospitalist's annual feature turns 10.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/11/letter-from-the-editor.htm
15 Nov 2017
Reviewing medications in elderly inpatients
Multiple medication use is common among the elderly, and carries inherent risks.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/10/meds.htm
15 Oct 2012
Telemonitoring after COVID-19 care
Patients who had been tested for SARS-CoV-2 were called by clinicians after discharge.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/11/success-story-telemonitoring-after-covid-19-care.htm
15 Nov 2020
Frailty associated with readmission risk and postdischarge mortality in older surgical patients
Higher rates of readmission and death were seen in abdominal surgery patients deemed “vulnerable” by a frailty scale, as well as those meeting the full criteria for frailty.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/02/28/4.htm
28 Feb 2018
Nurses, but not family, found that quality of life program helped dying elderly patients
The Belgian study provided staff on acute geriatrics wards with a care guide for last days of life, training, supportive documentation, and a guide for implementation.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/05/24/4.htm
24 May 2017
A transfusion threshold for everyone
Evidence indicates restrictive thresholds are better for most inpatients.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/06/a-transfusion-threshold-for-everyone.htm
15 Jun 2020