Search results for "Palliative care"
Studies look at how COVID-19 mortality varied by hospital, over time
Hospital strain seems to be a significant factor in patients' mortality from COVID-19, according to a study analyzing deaths among ICU patients by hospital and another comparing March and April 2020 outcomes to those later in the year.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/05/05/2.htm
5 May 2021
Recent Research
MERS information, NSAIDs and antidepressants, ICDs in older patients, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/09/recent-research.htm
15 Sep 2015
A tour of oncology horrors
In what he called a “whirlwind tour of the horrors of medical oncology,” Christian T. Cable, MD, FACP, outlined the perils that may befall cancer patients, and what to do about them, in a session titled “Oncologic Emergencies.”
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2014/04/16/3.htm
16 Apr 2014
Readmission causes, timing and reductions analyzed
Readmissions of recently hospitalized patients were the focus of several studies published last week in the Jan. 23/30 Journal of the American Medical Association.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2013/01/30/2.htm
30 Jan 2013
Seven on/seven off: Readers respond
Readers respond to a recent opinion piece on seven on/seven off scheduling.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/07/lte.htm
15 Jul 2011
A video to explain code status
The six-minute video describes and demonstrates patients' code status choices: full code (CPR and intubation if required), do not resuscitate (DNR), and do not resuscitate/do not intubate (DNR/DNI).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/12/success-story-video-to-explain-code-status.htm
15 Dec 2017
New end-of-life guidelines help physicians fill gap in patient care
Donald E. Casey Jr., FACP, discusses new end-of-life guidelines.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/03/qa.htm
15 Mar 2008
Top Docs
The doctors recognized in ACP Hospitalist’s first annual Top Hospitalists issue include teachers, quality improvement gurus, researchers and bloggers. They’ve focused on improving geriatric care, growing hospital admissions, facilitating transitions of care and raising staff satisfaction. ACP Hospitalist’s editorial board members sifted through the nominations and narrowed the field down to 10 Top Hospitalists, who are profiled here.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/11/cover.htm
15 Nov 2008
Better endings are possible
Patients need ideal medical care at the end of life, but they don't always get it.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/06/palliative.htm
15 Jun 2010
‘The pause’ allows for moment of silence after a patient death
The RN who developed it sees it as “a means of honoring a patient after they pass away”.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/01/q-and-a-the-pause.htm
15 Jan 2016