Search results for "Geriatrics"
Isolation intensifies ICU impacts
The senior author of a recent study discusses the potential link between social isolation and increased disability and mortality after hospitalization for a critical illness, and what this might mean in the era of COVID-19.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/03/30/free/isolation-intensifies-icu-impacts.htm
30 Mar 2022
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
Me, my fridge, and I
We take refrigeration for granted, but a geriatric fridge plays an important (and humorous) role in one physician's work from home.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/01/26/free/newman-me-my-fridge-and-i.htm
26 Jan 2022
Ward-based program for elderly inpatients associated with improved delirium, but no improvement in other outcomes
A pragmatic cluster randomized trial at four Australian hospitals found that “Eat Walk Engage” did not reduce length of stay or overall hospital-associated complications compared to usual inpatient care.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/01/19/ward-based-program-for-elderly-inpatients-associated-with-improved-delirium.htm
19 Jan 2022
How COVID-19 changed end-of-life care
Hospitalists have had to find new strategies during the pandemic in order to provide optimal care, including company and comfort, to dying inpatients and their families.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/01/12/free/how-covid-19-changed-end-of-life-care.htm
12 Jan 2022
Part-time hospitalists tied to patient mortality?
Two experts offer their thoughts on the implications of a recent study.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/11/qa-part-time-hospitalists-tied-to-patient-mortality.htm
15 Nov 2021
Hospitalizations for ambulatory care-sensitive conditions associated with functional decline, other adverse outcomes in the elderly
A longitudinal analysis looked at total disability score, functional recovery, and incident nursing home admission within six months of hospitalization for an ambulatory care-sensitive condition, such as diabetes or pneumonia, in elderly community-living adults.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/07/28/2.htm
28 Jul 2021
Gender pay gap persists in internal medicine, especially in procedural subspecialties
Only general internal medicine, endocrinology, and geriatrics had more women than men, and only 26% of full professors were women, an analysis of U.S. internal medicine faculty in 2018 to 2019 found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/07/21/3.htm
21 Jul 2021
How and why to prognosticate
Hospitalists should try to help patients understand the prognosis of their illnesses.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/07/how-and-why-to-prognosticate.htm
15 Jul 2021
Care pathway with nurse screening for delirium may have reduced length of stay, 30-day readmissions
An academic tertiary care hospital in Northern California found that adjusted mean hospital length of stay decreased by 2% and the adjusted odds of 30-day readmission decreased by 14% after implementation of a delirium screening and care pathway for inpatients ages 50 years and older.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/06/16/3.htm
16 Jun 2021