Search results for "Pulmonary disease"
ED visits after discharge to SNF cost Medicare $24 million in 2019
Sixteen percent of Medicare patients who were discharged to a skilled nursing facility (SNF) came back to the ED within two weeks, and a quarter of those visits resulted in discharge back to the SNF the same day.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/11/01/ed-visits-after-discharge-to-snf-cost-medicare-24-million-in-2019.htm
1 Nov 2023
More medications in advanced life-limiting illness can lower quality of life, increase symptom burden
Polypharmacy may be particularly burdensome near the end of life as patients accumulate medications to treat and prevent multiple diseases.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/02/13/4.htm
13 Feb 2019
Cases from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas
A group of cases involving lytic lesions.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/08/09/free/a-group-of-cases-involving-lytic-lesions.htm
9 Aug 2023
Veterans Health Administration hospitals outperformed other facilities on mortality, safety measures
According to an analysis of Hospital Compare data, Veterans Health Administration hospitals provided the best care in most hospital referral regions and rarely provided the worst care.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/12/12/4.htm
12 Dec 2018
CV risks of flu, CAUTI protocol, and more
Research summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/11/in-the-news.htm
15 Nov 2020
Procalcitonin may not be reliable enough to withhold or mandate antibiotics in CAP
A systematic review and meta-analysis found that the pooled sensitivity and specificity estimates of serum procalcitonin were 0.55 and 0.76, respectively, for distinguishing bacterial from viral community-acquired pneumonia (CAP).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/07/03/1.htm
3 Jul 2019
Beta-blocker choice may affect outcomes in cirrhosis and acute MI
Patients with cirrhosis who took beta1-selective blockers had fewer major cardiac and cerebrovascular events within two years of an index myocardial infarction (MI) than those taking nonselective beta-blockers, a Taiwanese study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/09/26/2.htm
26 Sep 2018
Severity criteria for categorizing COPD exacerbations validated as prognostic tool
Patients with an exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) that was severe according to the recently proposed Rome criteria had about twice the risk of death within a year as those whose exacerbation was mild, a retrospective study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/08/02/severity-criteria-for-categorizing-copd-exacerbations-validated-as-prognostic-tool.htm
2 Aug 2023
Most older patients who smoke do not use prescription medications to quit after MI, study finds
Factors associated with use of bupropion or varenicline after myocardial infarction (MI) included age younger than 75 years, presence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or peripheral arterial disease, female sex, and in-hospital revascularization.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/07/26/2.htm
26 Jul 2017
Helping hip fracture patients
Is comanagement the answer?
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/12/helping-hip-fracture-patients.htm
15 Dec 2020