Search results for "Frailty"
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/
March 1, 2023
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/03/01/
May 2017
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/05/
October 2014
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/10/
January 2017
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/01/
Heartening news about cardiac surgery in the elderly
Not long ago, a patient’s advanced age was a serious, potentially prohibitive risk factor when considering surgery. But innovations in surgical techniques, better patient care, and improving attitudes towards aging have led to octogenarians routinely surviving surgery and often significantly benefiting from it, allowing them to enjoy an improved quality of life for a decade or more afterward.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/02/surgery.htm
15 Feb 2009
After heart surgery, greater mortality risk for frail patients
New report assesses health in every U.S. county
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2010/02/24/3.htm
24 Feb 2010
Journal watch: Recent studies of note
Recent studies of note.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/08/jw.htm
15 Aug 2010
Failing at heart failure treatment
Readmissions for heart failure cause financial problems for hospitals and even more pressing problems for patients. Everyone from Medicare to individual physicians is focused on methods of improvement.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/08/heart.htm
15 Aug 2010
Functional quadriplegia
Functional quadriplegia is clinically comparable to physical quadriplegia but is rarely diagnosed.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/05/coding.htm
15 May 2012