Search results for "Delirium"
November 22, 2023
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/11/22/
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
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
Opioid use disorders
This month's column reviews opioid-induced conditions, which are complications directly due to opioid use disorder.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/04/coding-opioid-use-disorders-part-2.htm
15 Apr 2018
A new understanding of UTIs
Urinary tract infection (UTI) is an overused diagnosis that can lead to the myriad harms of antibiotic overtreatment, says Thomas E. Finucane, MD, FACP.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/10/qa-new-understanding-of-utis.htm
15 Oct 2017
Say no to antipsychotics and bed alarms for older patients
Some well-intentioned but misguided interventions may harm geriatric inpatients more than they help.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/07/inpatient-interventions-for-older-patients.htm
15 Jul 2017
Recent Research
Side effects of statins, ACE inhibitors and in-hospital outcomes for CABG, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/11/rr.htm
15 Nov 2012
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
Treatment of trainees, admission patterns, and more
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/03/recent-research.htm
15 Mar 2019
June 2011
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/06/