Search results for "COPD"
Breaking the barriers
Identifying “teachable moments” for patients is an important part of quality care.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/07/palliative-care-perspectives.htm
15 Jul 2015
Oral low-dose steroids yield similar outcomes as high-dose IV steroids for COPD exacerbations
Emergency department visits up for nonmedical use of opioids, benzodiazepines
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2010/06/23/2.htm
23 Jun 2010
Long-acting beta-agonists and anticholinergics pose similar cardiovascular risks
Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) faced increased risk of a cardiovascular event after starting treatment with a long-acting bronchodilator, whether it was a beta-agonist or an anticholinergic, a new study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2013/06/05/4.htm
5 Jun 2013
Evaluating and managing hospital E/M services
Key components of E/M must be documented for every encounter.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/12/coding.htm
15 Dec 2011
MKSAP quiz on antibiotics
These cases and commentary, which address antibiotics, are excerpted from ACP's Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program (MKSAP16).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/07/ty.htm
15 Jul 2013
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
The suite spot
Some hospital administration acronyms are explained.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/03/newmans-notions-the-suite-spot.htm
15 Mar 2019
Journal watch: Recent studies of note
Recent studies about C. difficile colitis, elderly patients and sleeping pills, and other topics.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/09/journal-watch.htm
15 Sep 2007
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/
Little difference between antibiotics in treating acute exacerbation of COPD
Tylenol recall expanded
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2010/06/23/4.htm
23 Jun 2010