Search results for "Emergency Medicine"
Working up high
Hospitalist practice is different at altitude.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/08/working-up-high.htm
15 Aug 2017
Hospitalists work to find their way in the ICU
The majority of hospitalists report that they treat ICU patients, and many feel insufficiently trained and supported.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/05/hospitalists-find-their-way-in-the-icu.htm
15 May 2018
Use of CT pulmonary angiography for suspected PE rose from 2015 to 2019
The findings of a retrospective analysis suggest that the development and validation of clinical decision rules for diagnosing pulmonary embolism (PE) didn't affect use of CT pulmonary angiography in European EDs, according to the authors.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/05/24/use-of-ct-pulmonary-angiography-for-suspected-pe-rose-from-2015-to-2019.htm
24 May 2023
Improving handoffs from the ED
Just because disagreement between hospitalists and emergency physicians is natural, it's not necessarily unavoidable.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/10/ED.htm
15 Oct 2011
Hospital medicine still has few programs with substantial research funding, training
While federal funding for hospitalist research and publication of the results increased from 2010 to 2019, most program leaders reported receiving less than $500,000 of funding and only 14% indicated they had a research fellowship or similar training program, a recent small survey found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/04/12/hospital-medicine-still-has-few-programs-with-substantial-research-funding-training.htm
12 Apr 2023
Rethinking cellulitis
Flaws in diagnosis, prescribing are common.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/02/rethinking-cellulitis.htm
15 Feb 2017
Bringing hospital medicine to the ED
A hospitalist-led boarder service reduced length of stay.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/03/success-story-bringing-hospital-medicine-to-the-ed.htm
15 Mar 2020
Hospitalist involvement needed to treat opioid epidemic
Despite rising admissions related to opioid use disorder, few hospitalists are obtaining the expertise to prescribe medications for addiction. Experts say they should.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/10/hospitalist-treat-opioid-epidemic.htm
15 Oct 2017
Spotting delirium
Quick screening tools may help hospitalists identify more patients at risk.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/03/delirium-screening.htm
15 Mar 2016
Making room for more patients
Peter Viccellio, MD, still remembers the day, month and year when he had an epiphany that changed his hospital.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/02/open-beds.htm
15 Feb 2007