Search results for "COPD"
Use of noninvasive ventilation at end of life rapidly increased in recent years
Among Medicare beneficiaries hospitalized in the last 30 days of life, use of noninvasive ventilation increased ninefold from 2000 to 2017, while use of invasive mechanical ventilation remained relatively stable. Noninvasive ventilation was associated with better end-of-life care measures.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/10/28/3.htm
28 Oct 2020
August 2, 2023
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/08/02/
Azithromycin may reduce treatment failure for acute COPD exacerbations
Among patients hospitalized for an acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), 49% of those who received adjunct therapy with azithromycin had COPD treatment failure by three months versus 60% of those who did not.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/05/08/1.htm
8 May 2019
August 3, 2022
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/08/03/
August 10, 2022
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/08/10/
Beta-blockers at discharge associated with lower mortality in COPD plus MI
Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) had lower mortality after myocardial infarction (MI) if they were discharged on beta-blockers, a recent Swedish study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2015/04/15/3.htm
15 Apr 2015
Journal watch: recent studies of note
Recent studies about hydrocortisone, ventilator-associated pneumonia, and other topics.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/06/journal-watch.htm
15 Jun 2007
MKSAP quiz on chest pain
This month's quiz includes questions from ACP's Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program (MKSAP 18) on chest pain.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/02/mksap-quiz-on-chest-pain.htm
15 Feb 2020
Journal watch: Recent studies of note
Recent studies about C. difficile colitis, elderly patients and sleeping pills, and other topics.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/09/journal-watch.htm
15 Sep 2007
MKSAP quiz on mechanical ventilation
This month's quiz includes questions from ACP's Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program (MKSAP 18) on mechanical ventilation.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/05/mksap-quiz-on-mechanical-ventilation.htm
15 May 2020