Search results for "End-of-Life Care"
Learning the laws on complicated care
Experts offer advice for difficult decisions.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/07/complicated-care.htm
15 Jul 2007
Comforting the chronically ill
David K. Jones, MD, takes palliative care up a notch.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/01/profile.htm
15 Jan 2010
Breaking the barriers
Identifying “teachable moments” for patients is an important part of quality care.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/07/palliative-care-perspectives.htm
15 Jul 2015
Talking about heart failure
Patients with heart failure often have a hard time wrapping their heads around it. Hospitalists can do a lot to improve communication and education during hospitalization.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/08/24/talking-about-heart-failure.htm
24 Aug 2022
LTAC use varies more by region and hospital than by patient-level factors
The study found 29 patient-level, three hospital-level, and five region-level independent predictors of transfer to a long-term acute care hospital (LTAC). After adjustment for case mix, differences between patients explained only 52.1% of the variation in LTAC use.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/02/14/1.htm
14 Feb 2018
Antibiotics may carry more cost than benefit for patients at end of life
Experts offer advice on discussing and deciding when to use or avoid.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/02/antibiotics-end-of-life.htm
15 Feb 2016
A step back from advance directives
Advance care planning needs to be more than a form in a file, says an intensivist and researcher.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/08/31/a-step-back-from-advance-directives.htm
31 Aug 2022
Study examines time to death, predictive factors after palliative extubation
After palliative extubation, mortality rates were 43% at 12 hours, 56% at 24 hours, 68% at 72 hours, and 79% at 96 hours.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/06/15/3.htm
15 Jun 2016
Caring for prisoners
Coordination is key to ensuring smooth transitions and improving outcomes for patients coming to the hospital from prison or jail.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/10/caring-for-prisoners.htm
15 Oct 2017
When less intensity is more caring
Hospitalists can help patients avoid nonbeneficial care with communication and time-limited trials.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/07/when-less-intensity-is-more-caring.htm
15 Jul 2021