Search results for "Palliative care"
May 2014
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/05/
May 2011
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/05/
Early palliative care improves quality of life in patients with metastatic lung cancer
AHRQ releases data on preventable heart failure hospitalizations
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2010/08/25/3.htm
25 Aug 2010
March 2011
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/03/
The palliative car consult
A conversation with an expert helps a family make a big decision.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/01/24/free/the-palliative-car-consult.htm
24 Jan 2024
New American Heart Association framework for referring patients to advanced HF centers
The first step is to identify whether the patient has clinical signs and symptoms consistent with advanced heart failure (HF), including recurrent hospitalizations, and the second is to assess the likelihood of benefit from referral to an advanced HF center.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/09/22/4.htm
22 Sep 2021
March 2015
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/03/
Considering ketamine
Evidence is limited, but low-dose ketamine may be an appropriate adjunct or alternative to opioids for certain patients in pain.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/08/02/free/considering-ketamine.htm
2 Aug 2023
Studies look at how COVID-19 mortality varied by hospital, over time
Hospital strain seems to be a significant factor in patients' mortality from COVID-19, according to a study analyzing deaths among ICU patients by hospital and another comparing March and April 2020 outcomes to those later in the year.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/05/05/2.htm
5 May 2021
July 2015
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/07/