Search results for "Delirium"
Test yourself: Delirium
These cases and commentary, which address delirium, are excerpted from ACP's Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program (MKSAP15).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/11/ty.htm
15 Nov 2011
Clearing or clouding the mind?
Antipsychotics can resolve agitation in patients with delirium, but that may not provide much overall benefit.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/11/delirium.htm
15 Nov 2011
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
Bath salts that were never meant for a tub
You might not understand the nicknames Meow-Meow, Ivory Wave and Powdered Rush, but you probably have patients who do.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/11/perspectives.htm
15 Nov 2011
Letter from the Editor
We're thrilled to present you with our fourth annual Top Hospitalists issue, highlighting excellent work in the hospitalist community.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/11/lfe.htm
15 Nov 2011
The next issue of ACP Hospitalist is online
The November issue of ACP Hospitalist is now online. Read about the 2011 Top Hospitalists, the best use of antipsychotics in delirium, the designer drug nicknamed “bath salts,” and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2011/11/23/6.htm
23 Nov 2011
PASHA in Argentina
The authors summarize the latest meeting of the Pan American Society of Hospitalists.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/12/conference.htm
15 Dec 2011
Recent Research
Hospitalist care and post-discharge costs, very elderly patients and vitamin K thromboprophylaxis, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/01/rr.htm
15 Jan 2012
Propofol shortage did not affect mechanical ventilation duration at one center, study finds
A nationwide propofol shortage did not affect duration of mechanical ventilation at a single U.S. academic medical center, a recent study showed.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2012/02/01/4.htm
1 Feb 2012
Prophylactic haloperidol lowers incidence of postop delirium for some patients
Prophylactic haloperidol reduced the incidence of postoperative delirium in elderly patients admitted to the intensive care unit after noncardiac surgery, a study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2012/02/29/4.htm
29 Feb 2012