Search results for "Internal Medicine Meeting 2017"
When it's OK to give opioids
Although opioids are often dangerous, they can be the best option for patients with advanced cancer.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/06/opioids.htm
15 Jun 2017
Reducing unnecessary antibiotic use in CAP
Testing and treatment are rapidly evolving for inpatients with community-acquired pneumonia.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/06/community-acquired-pneumonia.htm
15 Jun 2017
Which patients to anticoagulate and how
Updated guidelines, new drugs are among the things to know to treat venous thromboembolism.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/06/anticoagulation.htm
15 Jun 2017
Fight diuretic resistance with the right dose
Treating decompensated heart failure is more complicated than simply prescribing a diuretic.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/06/heart-failure-diuretics.htm
15 Jun 2017
Meds to get patients off the bottle
An expert explains how to prevent and treat alcohol withdrawal in inpatients.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/06/alcohol-withdrawal.htm
15 Jun 2017
When physician becomes patient
Lucy Kalanithi, MD, FACP, discusses “When Breath Becomes Air.”
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/06/physician-becomes-patient.htm
15 Jun 2017
Our Internal Medicine Meeting issue
Learn about alcohol withdrawal, opioid prescribing, decompensated heart failure, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/06/letter-from-the-editor.htm
15 Jun 2017
Fixing EHRs
Clinicians and tech experts offer solutions.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/05/fixing-ehrs.htm
15 May 2017
Lessons learned from a doctor's death
Lucy Kalanithi, MD, FACP, spoke about the death of her husband, a neurosurgeon who contracted stage 4 lung cancer and wrote a best-selling memoir.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/04/05/4.htm
5 Apr 2017
How to identify heart failure in the hospital
About 80% of the time, a good history and physical can diagnose a patient with true heart failure.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/04/05/3.htm
5 Apr 2017