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Decisions about ICU care may be tied to bed availability, family presence, and patient age, one study found, while another revealed wide variation among states in ICU admissions for Medicare patients.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/10/17/1.htm
17 Oct 2018
Postoperative function, hip fracture, and more
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/10/recent-research.htm
15 Oct 2018
ICU training should come standard
A reader responds to a story on ICU care.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/07/letters-to-the-editor.htm
15 Jul 2018
H2 blockers prevented clinically important GI bleeding better than PPIs in ICU patients
The retrospective study included 70,093 ICU patients who had at least one risk factor for stress ulcers and therefore had received a proton-pump inhibitor (PPI) or histamine H2-receptor antagonist (H2 blocker) for three or more days.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/06/06/2.htm
6 Jun 2018
May issue online and in the mail
This month's issue of ACP Hospitalist focuses on reducing heart failure readmissions, improving ICU care, and combating sexual harassment in medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/05/16/5.htm
16 May 2018
Readmissions and other frustrations
This month's issue focuses on reducing heart failure readmissions, improving ICU care, and combating sexual harassment in medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/05/letter-from-the-editor.htm
15 May 2018
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
Cardiologist care less likely for African-Americans in ICU with heart failure, study finds
Receiving primary ICU care from a cardiologist was associated with better in-hospital survival, and this association did not differ according to patient race.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/05/02/2.htm
2 May 2018
Frail elderly, Enterobacteriaceae infections, and more
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/03/recent-research.htm
15 Mar 2018
Most hospitalists are providing ICU care, many feel training insufficient, survey finds
The results confirm that hospitalists have become the major and often sole providers of critical care services in many hospitals without robust intensivist support, said the study authors, who called for additional training and support.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/12/13/1.htm
13 Dec 2017