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Sort by: Relevance | Newest | OldestBreaking the fall: Preventing fractures after discharge
Hospitalization is a risk factor for falls, but also an opportunity for prevention. Recent research suggests that hospitalization is a risk factor for post-discharge fracture in elderly patients, prompting some hospitalists to consider what measures they can take to reduce fracture risk before these patients leave the hospital.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/01/falls.htm
15 Jan 2009
Surgical comanagement done right
With no clear definition of surgical comanagement, it's no wonder that hospitalists disagree on which patients should be comanaged, how arrangements should be structured, and whether the whole movement toward comanagement is a boon or bane for hospitalists and their patients. Our cover story examines the concept and offers tips on making comanagement work for your group.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/03/cover.htm
15 Mar 2009
Dealing with delirium in older hospitalized adults
This common complication can have serious adverse effects.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/06/delirium.htm
15 Jun 2009
Test yourself: Opioid therapy
The following cases and commentary, which address opioid therapy, are excerpted from ACP's Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program (MKSAP14).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/10/ty.htm
15 Oct 2009
Overuse of PPIs may raise risk of C. diff infections, fractures
Overuse of PPIs may increase risk of C. diff infections, fractures
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2010/05/19/1.htm
19 May 2010
New guidelines on diagnosing, preventing and treating delirium
Hospitalists wanted for survey and program development
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2010/08/04/3.htm
4 Aug 2010
Journal watch: Recent studies of note
Recent studies of note.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/11/jw.htm
15 Nov 2010
Pending lab tests rarely in discharge summaries to sub-acute care
Only 11% of sub-acute care patients with pending lab tests at discharge had these tests documented in their discharge summaries, a new study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2010/12/15/1.htm
15 Dec 2010
In the News
Reporting impaired colleagues, updated guidelines on spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/02/itn.htm
15 Feb 2011
Test yourself: Insulin management
These cases and commentary, which address insulin management, are excerpted from ACP's Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program (MKSAP15).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/04/ty.htm
15 Apr 2011