Search results for "Delirium"
Inpatient medicine services see wide variety of conditions in similar pattern across hospitals
At seven hospitals in Toronto, the most common primary discharge diagnoses were heart failure, pneumonia, urinary tract infection, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and stroke.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/08/08/1.htm
8 Aug 2018
Many patients report avoidable sleep disruptions in the hospital, Dutch survey finds
More than two-thirds of patients reported having been awakened by external causes, a third of which involved hospital staff, and the most common causes were noise of other patients, medical devices, pain, and toilet visits.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/07/25/4.htm
25 Jul 2018
For delirium, manage environment as well as meds
Providing adequate lighting and reducing clutter are two examples.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/07/for-delirium-manage-environment-as-well-as-meds.htm
15 Jul 2018
Dementia
Whereas many major neurocognitive disorders may occur in younger people, the term dementia is customarily applied only to older adults.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/07/coding-corner-dementia.htm
15 Jul 2018
Highlights from Internal Medicine Meeting 2018
Our coverage of ACP's annual meeting includes stories on a modernized morbidity and mortality conference, quality improvement, medication reconciliation, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/07/letter-from-the-editor.htm
15 Jul 2018
Comanage orthopedics like a pro
An expert offers her top 10 pearls.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/07/comanage-orthopedics-like-a-pro.htm
15 Jul 2018
Physicians identify many of their own admissions as preventable
Differences in risk assessment and training between ED and medicine were reported to be factors.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/07/qa-physicians-identify-many-of-their-own-admissions-as-preventable.htm
15 Jul 2018
July issue online and in the mail
This month's issue of ACP Hospitalist provides news from Internal Medicine Meeting 2018, including articles about M&M conferences, quality improvement, medication reconciliation, orthopedic comanagement, and delirium.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/07/11/5.htm
11 Jul 2018
coding corner July 2018 • ACP Hospitalist 7 Table ...
Patients with dementia are susceptible to episodes of delirium with any physiological, psychological, or circumstantial stress, as during a hospital admission. ... Delirium superimposed on dementia and “sundowning” should also be documented whenever they occur.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/07/acph-201807-coding-corner-dementia_t3.pdf
27 Jun 2018
6 ACP Hospitalist • July 2018 coding corner The ...
The six domains are listed in Table 2. The cognitive deficits inter-fere with independent daily activities, do not occur exclusively in the context of delirium, and cannot be better explained ... 4. Interference with independent daily activities. 5. Not exclusively related to delirium.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/07/acph-201807-coding-corner-dementia_t2.pdf
27 Jun 2018