Search results for "Delirium"
Letter from the Editor
Glucose control in the ICU has become a moving target for hospitals and hospitalists alike. Our cover story looks at the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists and American Diabetes Association’s new guidelines on glucose and how the new evidence may affect hospitalists’ practice.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/06/lfe.htm
15 Jun 2009
Journal watch: recent studies of note
Recent studies about pressure stocking use after stroke, hospital-acquired pneumonia, and other topics.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/09/jw.htm
15 Sep 2009
I-MOVE gets elderly patients on the move
The I-MOVE sounds like a state-of-the-art electronic gadget, but it's actually the simplest of medical tools. Developed by clinicians at Mercy Hospital of Pittsburgh and the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota, the Independent Mobility Validation Examination, or I-MOVE, is a 12-point scale that could help hospitalists assess their patients' mobility.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/10/qa.htm
15 Oct 2009
Fight the noise
We all know the difficulty in functioning within a noisy hospital. But in hospitals we don't always have the option of suggesting that we move our discussion to a quiet coffee shop instead. Noise pollution in hospitals is an issue that confronts us all as hospital workers.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/11/newman.htm
15 Nov 2009
Test yourself: Infectious diseases
The following cases and commentary, which address infectious diseases, are excerpted from ACP's Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program (MKSAP14).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/01/ty.htm
15 Jan 2010
Documenting adverse drug reactions and poisonings
Adverse effects of a correctly administered drug or drugs must be coded and reported differently than the misuse of a drug, which is classified as “poisoning” in ICD-9-CM coding.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/01/coding.htm
15 Jan 2010
Using no sedation lowers number of days on ventilator vs. daily sedation interruption
Using no sedation lowers number of days on ventilator vs. daily sedation interruptionWithholding anticoagulation after negative compression ultrasound carries low VTE risk
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2010/02/10/1.htm
10 Feb 2010
Test yourself: Pneumonia
The following cases and commentary, which address pneumonia, are excerpted from ACP's Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program (MKSAP14).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/03/ty.htm
15 Mar 2010
acp-hosp1005:acp-hosp0000
include: alcoholic encephalopathy (includes alcoholic dementia,. excludes Wernicke-Korsakoff) drug-induced delirium hypertensive encephalopathy transient encephalopathy due to dialysis dementia with delirium or delusion or depressed mood.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/05/acph-201005-coding_t1.pdf
5 May 2010
Documenting altered mental status
When a patient is admitted with an acute change in mental status, the physician should drill down to determine the known or suspected causes of the change.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/05/coding.htm
15 May 2010