Search results for "Catheters"
Documenting pain
Other than a patient abusing or illegally diverting medications, there are no excuses for failing to provide appropriate medications that will mitigate suffering.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/04/coding.htm
15 Apr 2013
A new app to PICC up
A project to improve use of peripherally inserted central catheters (PICCs) in Michigan becomes app available anywhere.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/07/success-story-app-to-picc.htm
15 Jul 2017
One diabetes drug gets new indication, another gets new warning labeling
Details on the latest recalls, warnings, and approvals.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/02/fda.htm
15 Feb 2017
October 4, 2023
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/10/04/
Barrier precautions used inconsistently during arterial catheter insertion, survey finds
Thirty-nine percent of ICU clinicians supported mandatory full barrier precautions during peripheral arterial catheter insertion.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2015/08/19/1.htm
19 Aug 2015
October 5, 2022
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/10/05/
February 8, 2023
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/02/08/
One-fifth of clinicians are unaware of patients' central venous catheters
More than 20% of clinicians interviewed for a study were unaware that their patients currently had a central venous catheter in place, a new study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2014/10/22/1.htm
22 Oct 2014
July 2020
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/07/
Mechanically ventilated ICU patients see no mortality benefit from arterial catheters
ICU patients on mechanical ventilation who had arterial catheters didn't have lower mortality rates than ventilated patients without arterial catheters, a new study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2014/09/17/2.htm
17 Sep 2014