Search results for "Delirium"
Recognizing, preventing and treating delirium
If you remember only one thing about treating agitation and delirium in the hospital, it should be to avoid benzodiazepines, said Brian Huang, ACP Member, assistant professor of medicine in the division of hospital medicine at the University of California San Diego, during the hospital medicine precourse at Internal Medicine 2011.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2011/04/13/1.htm
13 Apr 2011
Cholesterol embolism syndrome
An aging population requiring invasive vascular imaging and procedures is at increased risk for this syndrome. Learn how to recognize it.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/04/expert.htm
15 Apr 2011
Guidelines for preventing delirium offered by U.K. experts
Guidelines for preventing delirium in inpatients have been developed by the British National Clinical Guideline Centre, and a synopsis of them was published in the June 7 Annals of Internal Medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2011/06/08/4.htm
8 Jun 2011
Recognizing, preventing and treating delirium
A large proportion of inpatients have delirium, but in most, it goes unrecognized.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/06/delirium.htm
15 Jun 2011
Sleepless in the hospital: Our own default
Patients should not be disturbed in the middle of the night unless it is medically necessary.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/06/perspectives.htm
15 Jun 2011
Letter from the Editor
This issue discusses partial DNRs and includes extensive coverage from Internal Medicine 2011, held this April in San Diego.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/06/lfe.htm
15 Jun 2011
ICU patients suffer symptoms silently
By the time a patient gets to the ICU, his symptoms aren't usually the focus of diagnostics or treatment. But that doesn't mean they aren't still bothering him.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/07/qa.htm
15 Jul 2011
Commonly used delirium assessment tool may lack sensitivity in daily practice
The Confusion Assessment Method for the ICU (CAM-ICU), a commonly used tool to assess delirium, may lack sensitivity in daily practice as compared to clinical trials, a new study suggests.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2011/08/10/4.htm
10 Aug 2011
Recent Research
Acid suppression benefits and harms, updated guidelines on uncomplicated UTIs, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/08/rr.htm
15 Aug 2011
Fall prevention falls short on evidence base
A review of existing fall prevention methods found little conclusive medical evidence to support them.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/10/qa.htm
15 Oct 2011