Search results for "Palliative care"
Latin for hospitalists
Here are the top 10 useful Latin phrases for hospitalists for 2012.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/10/newman.htm
15 Oct 2012
Caring is hard work
Compassion fatigue shares symptoms and some causes with burnout, but it's not quite the same thing.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/05/compassion.htm
15 May 2012
POLSTs: Having the right conversation at the right time
Balance is often needed to sensitively convey one's opinions while respecting patient wishes.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/12/polst.htm
15 Dec 2013
January 2010
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/01/
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
April 19, 2023
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/04/19/
Experts address shortages of PPE, medications, ventilators, tests during pandemic
The College praised recent legislation regarding personal protective equipment (PPE) but stressed that all possible means must be used to ensure sufficient PPE is immediately available to every physician, nurse, and health care worker on the front lines.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/04/01/3.htm
1 Apr 2020
Experts recommend criteria for referring heart failure patients to palliative care
The 25 criteria selected by a group of international experts were divided into six categories: advanced/refractory heart failure, comorbidities, and complications; advanced therapies; hospital utilization; prognosis; symptom burden/distress; and decision making/social support.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/07/20/experts-recommend-criteria-for-referring-heart-failure-patients-to-palliative-care.htm
20 Jul 2022
Machine learning model identified predictors of in-hospital mortality on admission
While the model was accurate in retrospective and prospective validation cohorts at multiple hospitals, it is unknown whether these predictions will improve clinical or operational outcomes, study authors noted.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/02/12/3.htm
12 Feb 2020
Transitions of care, readmissions, and more
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/06/in-the-news.htm
15 Jun 2020