Search results for "Sleep"
The hostile hospitalist
Dr. Oscar Adversum is not happy about anything, but especially not the night shift.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/01/newmans-notions-the-hostile-hospitalist.htm
15 Jan 2019
New, stronger MRI approved
Details on the latest warnings, recalls, and approvals.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/12/fda-update-new-stronger-mri-approved.htm
15 Dec 2017
The Phantom of the Operation, and other tales from the crypt-ococcus
Catch up on the horrors of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/10/newmans-notions-the-phantom-of-the-operation.htm
15 Oct 2019
The laziest, shadiest colleague
Taking call as the AMO, or admitting medical officer, was one of the most heinous call experiences for upper-level residents.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/09/blog.htm
15 Sep 2010
Changing approaches to pain
Treating inpatients' pain is challenging in an opioid addiction epidemic.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/01/changing-approaches-to-pain.htm
15 Jan 2017
Melatonin does not improve delirium in older inpatients
No significant differences in Memorial Delirium Assessment Scale scores were seen between patients randomized to 5 mg of melatonin nightly or placebo, a small trial found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/03/13/melatonin-does-not-improve-delirium-in-older-inpatients.htm
13 Mar 2024
Fighting the Speckled Monster
Vaccination has been an issue for a very long time.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/07/newmans-notions-fighting-the-speckled-monster.htm
15 Jul 2019
Guidelines issued on preventing stroke in patients with previous stroke and transient ischemic attack
The American Heart Association (AHA) and the American Stroke Association have released new guidelines on preventing stroke in patients who have survived an ischemic stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2014/05/14/4.htm
14 May 2014
Cardiac risks of testosterone, saxagliptin under investigation
Details on the latest recalls, warnings, and label changes, as well as drug and device approvals.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/04/fda.htm
15 Apr 2014
Intervention reduced nighttime orders for vital signs, VTE prophylaxis
Two general-medicine units applied physician education and default order changes to improve patient sleep, but additional benefits were seen on the one unit that also targeted nursing staff, the single-center study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/01/16/4.htm
16 Jan 2019