Search results for "Nutrition"
Pulmonary rehabilitation within 90 days of discharge for COPD linked to lower mortality
Although an analysis of Medicare fee-for-service data from 2014 found significant benefits to pulmonary rehab within 90 days of discharge after a hospitalization for COPD, it also revealed that only 1.5% of studied patients received this care.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/05/20/6.htm
20 May 2020
Frozen hospitals powered through
When Uri hit Texas, hospitalists had to overcome novel challenges.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/09/frozen-hospitals-powered-through.htm
15 Sep 2021
Dementia in the hospital
The pandemic added to the pre-existing systemic and legal challenges clinicians face managing hospitalized patients with dementia and behavioral disturbances.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/02/09/dementia-in-the-hospital.htm
9 Feb 2022
Latest COVID-19 research looks at predictive biomarkers, timing of testing, health care worker infections
Lactate dehydrogenase and other biomarkers appear to predict risk of critical illness and death, and testing soon after exposure is associated with high rates of false negatives, new studies showed.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/05/20/2.htm
20 May 2020
Primum non nocere
Two hospitalists muse on the current pandemic.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/09/primum-non-nocere.htm
15 Sep 2020
Making time for family
Collaboration with patients' families offers benefits.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/10/making-time-for-family.htm
15 Oct 2018
Don't miss anaphylaxis in the hospital
One common error is to assume that anaphylaxis isn't present because the patient doesn't have hypotension or shock.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/04/17/3.htm
17 Apr 2019
Puzzling it out together
Hospitalists share strategies for pandemic problems.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/10/puzzling-it-out-together.htm
15 Oct 2020
Bonus online case: Insulinoma with Whipple's triad
A patient reported repeated episodes of symptomatic hypoglycemia.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/03/brief-case-online-whipples.htm
15 Mar 2020
Searching for stats on spread without symptoms
Infectious disease expert Jeanne Marrazzo, MD, FACP, discusses asymptomatic COVID-19, face coverings, outdoor versus indoor transmission, and tracing spread with ACP Hospitalist.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/06/24/2.htm
24 Jun 2020