Search results for "Palliative care"
Fewer Medicare beneficiaries dying in the hospital, but ICU use at end of life still common
The retrospective cohort study included a 20% random sample of Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries who died in 2000, 2005, 2009, 2011, or 2015.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/07/04/1.htm
4 Jul 2018
In the News
Proxies' perceptions about dementia, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/01/itn.htm
15 Jan 2010
Skin in the game
11 dermatologic conditions hospitalists should know.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/07/dermatology-hospital-medicine.htm
15 Jul 2016
MKSAP quiz on COPD
Cases involving chronic obstructive pulmonary disease are presented.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/04/mksap-COPD.htm
15 Apr 2016
About two-thirds of stroke survivors discharged to a SNF with low function died within a year
In a study of Medicare beneficiaries, the lowest-functioning stroke survivors who were discharged to a skilled nursing facility (SNF) had 64% mortality at one year, whereas those discharged to an inpatient rehabilitation facility had 29.6% mortality at one year.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/03/09/about-two-thirds-of-stroke-survivors-discharged-to-a-snf-with-low-function.htm
9 Mar 2022
Opioid management, constipation key challenges in cancer pain
Adding methadone to opioids can help with intractable pain.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/10/conference01.htm
15 Oct 2013
Journal Watch: Recent studies of note
Recent studies about ventilator allocation in disasters, MRSA screening, and other topics.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/05/journal.htm
15 May 2008
The House of God revisited
Jamie S. Newman, FACP, offers a hospitalist’s perspective on a classic book.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/10/book.htm
15 Oct 2008
The Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh
A look at admission and discharge in 1780.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/11/newman-the-royal-infirmary-of-edinburgh.htm
15 Nov 2017
Tool helps predict one-year death risk at admission
Researchers have validated a prognostic tool which can be used at admission to estimate a patient's risk of dying within a year.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2013/11/20/2.htm
20 Nov 2013