Search results for "COPD"
COPD, heart failure, MI patients with marginal need for ICU had no better survival there
ICU admission was also associated with greater hospital costs for heart failure and acute myocardial infarction, but not chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, according to the retrospective study.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/03/01/3.htm
1 Mar 2017
Recent Research
Ambulatory ECG monitoring after stroke, benefit of ventilator bundle components, alteplase and long-term survival after ischemic stroke, and more
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/02/recent-research.htm
15 Feb 2017
Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia
Diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia in a 46-year-old woman.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/02/morning-report-heparin-induced-thrombocytopenia.htm
15 Feb 2017
Recent Research
Women and stroke care, frailty as a predictor of cardiac surgery outcome, cost-effectiveness of heart failure therapy, and more
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/01/recent-research.htm
15 Jan 2017
Hospital Servi-Sisyphus
It was that kind of morning: hypertensive patients who couldn't pay for their meds and little old ladies, sweet and otherwise, who kept on falling.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/11/newman.htm
15 Nov 2016
Combination treatment for COPD associated with lower rate of exacerbations versus usual care
The industry-funded study evaluated the effectiveness and safety of once-daily treatment with combined fluticasone furoate-vilanterol.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/09/14/4.htm
14 Sep 2016
Pulmonary embolisms often found in patients with acute COPD exacerbations
Patients who were found to have a pulmonary embolism more frequently reported pleuritic chest pain or had signs of cardiac failure, while signs of respiratory infection were associated with lower likelihood of pulmonary embolism.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/08/31/3.htm
31 Aug 2016
Recent Research
Statin use and pneumonia, helmet for ventilation in ARDS, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/08/recent-research.htm
15 Aug 2016
Pearls for putting patients in pulmonary rehab
The who, when, what, and why of rehabilitation.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/07/pulmonary-rehabilitation.htm
15 Jul 2016
Present people, not diseases
Instead of focusing on all the past medical problems a patient has, you should focus on who they are first.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/07/perspective-patient-presentation-communication.htm
15 Jul 2016