Search results for "researchers"
Nearly 40% of inpatient physical therapy consults at one hospital may have been unnecessary
Of nearly 3,600 physical therapy consults requested on hospital medicine services at a large academic medical center, 38% were deemed potential overutilization based on patients' high mobility score at admission and discharge to home.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/08/25/2.htm
25 Aug 2021
Studies look at gap between practice and optimal pharmacotherapy after MI
Patients who have had a myocardial infarction (MI) may benefit from lower doses of beta-blockers than those used in clinical trials, and mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists are often not prescribed as recommended.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/07/14/2.htm
14 Jul 2021
POCUS increased safety of paracentesis in patients with ascites, trainee study finds
Use of point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) before paracentesis significantly changed the needle insertion location in two-thirds of studied cases, and six procedures were cancelled based on POCUS findings.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/08/11/3.htm
11 Aug 2021
Midodrine may reduce vasovagal syncope in healthy, younger patients
Young, healthy patients with a median of six syncope episodes in the prior year were educated about lifestyle changes to reduce fainting risk and randomized to either midodrine or placebo in a recent study.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/08/04/4.htm
4 Aug 2021
Pulmonary rehabilitation associated with fewer readmissions for COPD patients
Only 1.5% of studied patients began pulmonary rehabilitation within 90 days of discharge from a hospitalization for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), but their rate of readmission within a year was 56.4%, compared to 64.6% in patients who did not begin rehab.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/07/28/3.htm
28 Jul 2021
Racial, ethnic disparities persist in U.S. health care access, spending
Recent studies looked at differences by race and ethnicity in health status and health care access as well as health care spending over time.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/08/25/4.htm
25 Aug 2021
Prediction rules for endocarditis in patients with Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia compared
In a Dutch study, one score (the VISTRA score) was considered safe for excluding endocarditis but could increase procedure use by classifying more patients as high risk.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/07/28/4.htm
28 Jul 2021
Hospitalizations for ambulatory care-sensitive conditions associated with functional decline, other adverse outcomes in the elderly
A longitudinal analysis looked at total disability score, functional recovery, and incident nursing home admission within six months of hospitalization for an ambulatory care-sensitive condition, such as diabetes or pneumonia, in elderly community-living adults.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/07/28/2.htm
28 Jul 2021
Gender pay gap persists in internal medicine, especially in procedural subspecialties
Only general internal medicine, endocrinology, and geriatrics had more women than men, and only 26% of full professors were women, an analysis of U.S. internal medicine faculty in 2018 to 2019 found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/07/21/3.htm
21 Jul 2021
U.S. study finds gaps in access to mechanical thrombectomy for ischemic stroke
An analysis spanning 11 U.S. states found that 16% of patients with ischemic stroke from 2016 through 2018 were treated by EDs and hospitals that neither performed mechanical thrombectomy nor transferred patients to receive it.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/05/19/4.htm
19 May 2021