Search results for "Catheters"
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
November 2009
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/11/
Arterial and central venous catheters carry similar infection risk
OxyContin redesigned to reduce risk of abuse
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2010/04/14/5.htm
14 Apr 2010
April 2021
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/04/
In the News
Defensive orders, arterial catheters in mechanically ventilated ICU patients, advanced practice providers, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/12/itn.htm
15 Dec 2014
Sepsis improvement efforts have reduced mortality, two studies find
One study compared sepsis mortality in New York and other states after implementation of mandated reporting, while another showed the effects of one hospital's efforts to comply with CMS performance measures.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/07/24/3.htm
24 Jul 2019
NOACs recommended instead of warfarin for some afib patients, guideline states
An updated guideline on atrial fibrillation responds to new evidence, as well as the advent of new drugs and devices to treat the condition.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/02/06/1.htm
6 Feb 2019
Meet Our 2019 Top Hospitalists
The 2019 Top Hospitalists issue profiles 10 physicians with very diverse backgrounds and interests.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/11/meet-our-top-hospitalists-2019.htm
15 Nov 2019