Search results for "Catheters"
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/
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
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
Large recall of sodium bicarbonate and other injectables
Details on the latest warnings, recalls, and approvals.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/09/fda-update.htm
15 Sep 2017
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
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/
Journal watch: Recent studies of note
Recent studies about statins use before stroke, heparin dose after STEMI, and other topics.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/06/jw.htm
15 Jun 2009
Hospital medicine update
The reimbursement spotlight is shifting to pay-for-performance, and this year's moderators for the update in hospital medicine at Internal Medicine 2007 in San Diego discussed its impact on physicians.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/06/med-update.htm
15 Jun 2007
Early warning systems helped in hospitals' sepsis care
Multiple studies evaluated strategies to detect critical illness, particularly sepsis, in non-ICU patients, in a supplement to the November Journal of Hospital Medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/11/09/2.htm
9 Nov 2016
Be picky about PICCs
Use of peripherally inserted central catheters (PICCs) is increasingly common in hospitals, in part because they are easy to use and there is a perception that they carry less risk of infection. But PICCs shouldn't necessarily be the default line for venous access.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/09/coverstory.htm
15 Sep 2013