Search results for "End-of-Life Care"
Building trust aids decision making in end-of-life care
The patient is dying. More medical intervention is futile. But the family, speaking for their loved one, still wants everything done.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/08/decision-making.htm
15 Aug 2007
Hospice referral often not timely in hemodialysis patients, study finds
The median length of hospice stay for Medicare patients receiving maintenance dialysis near the end of life was five days, and 41.5% received hospice services for three or fewer days.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/05/09/1.htm
9 May 2018
Fewer Medicare beneficiaries dying in the hospital, but ICU use at end of life still common
The retrospective cohort study included a 20% random sample of Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries who died in 2000, 2005, 2009, 2011, or 2015.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/07/04/1.htm
4 Jul 2018
Antibiotics may carry more cost than benefit for patients at end of life
Experts offer advice on discussing and deciding when to use or avoid.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/02/antibiotics-end-of-life.htm
15 Feb 2016
Recent Research
Hip fractures in nursing homes, cognitive impairment with TIA, beta-blockers before CABG, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/12/rr.htm
15 Dec 2014
Advance directives are the beginning, not the end
Despite the best planning, patients may change their minds at the end of life once they recognize their unique situations and their sometimes surprising decisions.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/07/graymatters.htm
15 Jul 2012
Letter from the Editor
As in-hospital treatment for complicated neurological conditions has expanded, the number of community neurologists who take call has declined. This has put hospital-based neurologists##mdash;neurohospitalists##mdash;in hot demand, and they're likely to stay there as the population ages.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/06/lfe.htm
15 Jun 2010
Nurses, but not family, found that quality of life program helped dying elderly patients
The Belgian study provided staff on acute geriatrics wards with a care guide for last days of life, training, supportive documentation, and a guide for implementation.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/05/24/4.htm
24 May 2017
MKSAP quiz on end-of-life care
These cases and commentary, which focus on end-of-life care, are excerpted from ACP's Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program (MKSAP16).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/12/ty.htm
15 Dec 2013
LTAC use varies more by region and hospital than by patient-level factors
The study found 29 patient-level, three hospital-level, and five region-level independent predictors of transfer to a long-term acute care hospital (LTAC). After adjustment for case mix, differences between patients explained only 52.1% of the variation in LTAC use.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/02/14/1.htm
14 Feb 2018