Search results for "Sleep"
SHM selected new Choosing Wisely recommendations with patient input
The latest advice from the Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM) on avoiding low-value care includes recommendations against waking patients at night for routine care and against routinely prescribing venous thromboembolism prophylaxis to all inpatients.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/06/15/free/shm-selected-new-choosing-wisely-recommendations-with-patient-input.htm
15 Jun 2022
Earplugs in ICU patients associated with decreased delirium risk
The systematic review included studies that observed earplugs as an isolated intervention, bundled the earplugs with eye shades, and looked at earplugs, eye shades, and additional sleep noise abatement strategies.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/03/02/2.htm
2 Mar 2016
Screen for apnea in patients with daytime sleepiness, guideline says
Doctors should assess the risk factors for and the symptoms of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in patients with unexplained daytime sleepiness, according to an ACP clinical practice guideline that appears in the Aug. 5 issue of Annals of Internal Medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2014/08/06/4.htm
6 Aug 2014
10th Annual Top Hospitalists issue
Meet our 2017 Top Docs.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/11/10th-annual-top-hospitalists.htm
15 Nov 2017
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
Strange but true, a DNR tattoo
A critical care physician describes an unusual unconscious patient his team recently treated.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/03/qa-strange-but-true-a-dnr-tattoo.htm
15 Mar 2018
New guidelines on diagnosing, preventing and treating delirium
Hospitalists wanted for survey and program development
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2010/08/04/3.htm
4 Aug 2010
Clinical decision support tool reduced nighttime vital checks but not delirium
The tool used real-time patient data and a trained prediction algorithm to notify the hospitalist if the patient had a high likelihood of nighttime vital sign measurements within reference ranges.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/01/12/clinical-decision-support-tool-reduced-nighttime-vital-checks-but-not-delirium.htm
12 Jan 2022
For delirium, manage environment as well as meds
Providing adequate lighting and reducing clutter are two examples.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/07/for-delirium-manage-environment-as-well-as-meds.htm
15 Jul 2018
Sussing out stimulants and other drugs
Learn the signs and symptoms of monoamine agonist abuse.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/06/sussing-out-stimulants-and-other-drugs.htm
15 Jun 2020