Search results for "Pulmonary disease"
Demystifying advanced concepts in mechanical ventilation
Learn from an example case of an ICU patient with COVID-19.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/06/expert-analysis-demystifying-ventilation.htm
15 Jun 2020
The impact of deferred hospital care during COVID-19
Experts are looking at where the patients went and what happens next.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/02/the-impact-of-deferred-hospital-care-during-covid-19.htm
15 Feb 2021
Mental health, chronic conditions often land superutilizers in hospital, report says
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality looked at superutilizers by age, payer, and diagnosis.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2015/07/08/4.htm
8 Jul 2015
Pneumonia therapies, hospital flu spread, and more
Research summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/08/recent-research.htm
15 Aug 2020
Model finds 14 COPD symptoms that identify exacerbations
Fourteen symptoms, which can be described in patients' daily diaries, provide a new model for quantifying exacerbations in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2011/06/15/3.htm
15 Jun 2011
Order sets for COPD inpatients improved steroid dosing
Electronic order sets helped lower the dosage of corticosteroids given to inpatients with acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, bringing doses more in line with clinical guidelines, a study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2014/06/18/5.htm
18 Jun 2014
Inhaler education, hospital mergers, and more
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/05/in-the-news.htm
15 May 2020
Nonrespiratory causes of death becoming more common in oxygen-dependent COPD
Mortality rates are decreasing for respiratory disease and increasing for nonrespiratory causes in patients receiving long-term oxygen therapy for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, according to a recent study.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2011/01/26/4.htm
26 Jan 2011
Cases from the University of Massachusetts
Acute drug-induced pancytopenia, liver injury, anaplasmosis, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/02/22/free/brief-case-from-the-university-of-massachusetts.htm
22 Feb 2023
Majority of asthma, COPD inpatients misuse inhalers, but are easily educated
While inhaler misuse is common among hospitalized patients with asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), patients can be easily taught to use the devices correctly, a new study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2011/02/02/4.htm
2 Feb 2011