Search results for "Nutrition"
Frailty may help predict outcomes after cardiac surgery in older adults
The authors recommended that clinicians should try to classify patients preoperatively into 3 groups: extreme risk, high risk, and low risk.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/08/24/4.htm
24 Aug 2016
Helping shield clinicians and the community from contagion
Multiple potential applications have been suggested for face shields in the pandemic.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/07/helping-shield-clinicians-and-the-community-from-contagion.htm
15 Jul 2020
Individual case: Anaphylaxis and contact dermatitis from electrocardiogram electrode pads
A patient had both delayed and immediate allergic reactions.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/09/brief-case-anaphylaxis-from-ekg-pads.htm
15 Sep 2020
Post-hospital syndrome
With no definitive method in place to keep patients from returning to the hospital, perhaps it's time to look at the problem in a new way.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/03/coverstory.htm
15 Mar 2013
New warning about fluoroquinolones
Details on the latest recalls, warnings, and approvals.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/07/fda.htm
15 Jul 2016
Coding malnutrition
A reader responds to the Coding Corner on malnutrition, published in our January issue.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/06/letters-to-the-editor.htm
15 Jun 2017
ACP calls for urgent action on climate change
The position paper calls on the health care sector to implement environmentally sustainable and energy-efficient practices and prepare for the impacts of climate change to ensure continued operations during periods of elevated patient demand.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/04/20/4.htm
20 Apr 2016
Adverse events from supplements bring 23,000 patients to ED each year, study finds
For adults 65 and older, 3 micronutrients (iron, calcium, and potassium) were implicated in about 30% of ED visits, and swallowing problems caused nearly 40% of these visits.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2015/10/21/3.htm
21 Oct 2015
Fewer calories at first may be better for some mechanically ventilated patients
Initial low-volume enteral nutrition is associated with fewer episodes of gastrointestinal intolerance than full-energy enteral nutrition among mechanically ventilated patients with acute respiratory failure, and it doesn't harm outcomes, a new study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2011/05/04/3.htm
4 May 2011
Red flags help hospitalists spot human trafficking
Hospitalization presents an opportunity to intervene and stop exploitation.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/11/human-trafficking.htm
15 Nov 2015