Search results for "Geriatrics"
Frailty assessment index based on lab tests may help predict outcomes in hospitalized older adults
The index uses data from 27 laboratory values routinely assessed within 72 hours of hospital admission.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/01/15/3.htm
15 Jan 2020
Fixing hip fracture outcomes
Orthos, geriatricians, and hospitalists at one hospital collaborated to apply age-friendly strategies in their hip fracture care.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/02/08/fixing-hip-fracture-outcomes.htm
8 Feb 2023
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
Top Docs
Meet our 2010 Top Hospitalists.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/11/top.htm
15 Nov 2010
Frailty associated with readmission risk and postdischarge mortality in older surgical patients
Higher rates of readmission and death were seen in abdominal surgery patients deemed “vulnerable” by a frailty scale, as well as those meeting the full criteria for frailty.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/02/28/4.htm
28 Feb 2018
Heart of a hospitalist
His last words from his daughter will be a voice recording played by me, a stranger with whom he has no connection.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/11/heart-of-a-hospitalist.htm
15 Nov 2020
A transfusion threshold for everyone
Evidence indicates restrictive thresholds are better for most inpatients.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/06/a-transfusion-threshold-for-everyone.htm
15 Jun 2020
Testing cognition in older physicians
A neuropsychological test found cognitive limitations among practicing doctors.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/04/qa-testing-cognition-in-older-physicians.htm
15 Apr 2020
Introducing our latest list of Top Hospitalists
ACP Hospitalist's annual feature turns 10.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/11/letter-from-the-editor.htm
15 Nov 2017
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