Search results for "COPD"
April 2010
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/04/
In the News
Comparing clinical decision rules for PE, U.K. guidelines on preventing delirium, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/11/itn.htm
15 Nov 2011
November 22, 2023
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/11/22/
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
October 26, 2022
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/10/26/
Longer antibiotic therapy in patients with low procalcitonin during COPD exacerbation increased LOS without reducing readmissions
The retrospective study divided patients by whether they received inpatient antibiotics for more or less than a day, and patients in the former group had a length of stay (LOS) of 3.7 days compared to 2.8 days in the latter.*
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/07/11/1.htm
11 Jul 2018
May 2017
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/05/
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
COPD exacerbations with higher eosinophils associated with shorter length of stay
Patients with eosinophilic exacerbations are clinically indistinguishable from other patients with severe COPD exacerbations, but they may respond more rapidly to corticosteroid treatment.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/02/24/5.htm
24 Feb 2016
August 3, 2022
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/08/03/