Search results for "Delirium"
January 12, 2022
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/01/12/
Statins associated with less delirium in ICU patients
For critically ill patients, statin use during an ICU stay is associated with lower risk for delirium, while discontinuing previously used statins is associated with higher delirium risk, a new study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2014/05/21/2.htm
21 May 2014
Alcohol use disorders
There are 11 different clinical criteria for alcohol use disorder and three classifications of severity under the DSM-5.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/11/08/alcohol-use-disorders.htm
8 Nov 2023
Delirium associated with higher risk of mortality, dementia in elderly
And the winner is…
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2010/08/04/4.htm
4 Aug 2010
January 2009
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/01/
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
February 2018
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/02/
In the News
Secondhand smoke exposure, bleeding risk with dabigatran versus warfarin, post-op delirium in older adults, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/03/itn.htm
15 Mar 2015
Haloperidol doesn't decrease delirium duration in critically ill
Though it's safe and can help with acute agitation, haloperidol doesn't reduce the overall duration of delirium in critically ill patients, a new study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2013/08/28/4.htm
28 Aug 2013
Alcohol use disorders
Alcohol-induced conditions are complications directly due to alcohol use disorder, but because most can also occur independently, clinicians must specifically document the connection.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/02/coding-alcohol-use-disorders-part-2.htm
15 Feb 2018