Search results for "Perspectives"
Top Docs and heart failure
Meet the 2019 Top Hospitalists and catch up on the latest in heart failure research.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/11/letter-from-the-editor.htm
15 Nov 2019
Ease up on antipsychotics
Antipsychotics started for an episode of agitation in the ICU are often continued through hospitalization and even after discharge, posing serious health risks to patients, experts say.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/04/06/free/ease-up-on-antipsychotics.htm
6 Apr 2022
Are bedside rounds evidence based?
A review found little proven benefit to clinicians gathering at patients' beds.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/04/are-bedside-rounds-evidence-based.htm
15 Apr 2019
August issue online and in the mail
This month's issue focuses on procalcitonin testing, hospitalist training in residency, oncology care communication, and femoral access for central lines.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/08/15/5.htm
15 Aug 2018
Recent Research
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/12/recent-research.htm
15 Dec 2019
Early vasopressor dosing associated with mortality risk in septic shock
In the first six hours of septic shock, mortality risk was associated with relative dosing of vasopressors and fluid, but in the first 24 hours, there was a direct association between higher vasopressor doses and higher mortality, a prospective study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/07/29/3.htm
29 Jul 2020
Living in fear
As I was leaving the building that day, I made a greater effort to stay away from others so as not to infect them, but for the first time I also felt ashamed, as if I had failed everyone around me.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/11/living-in-fear.htm
15 Nov 2020
PCPs in the hospital
Innovators are taking steps to help banish care discontinuity once and for all, with some especially focusing on the role of primary care physicians (PCPs) in the hospital.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/03/pcps-in-the-hospital.htm
15 Mar 2018
September issue in print and online
The September issue of ACP Hospitalist is now available, with articles about rapid response, heart failure, patients' perspectives, and hospitalist fellowships.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2015/09/16/5.htm
16 Sep 2015
Tackling patient flow during COVID-19
An expert offers six tips to achieve early discharges.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/09/tackling-patient-flow-during-covid-19.htm
15 Sep 2020