Search results for "ventilatory support"
Acute exacerbation of COPD
Diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up of acute exacerbation of COPD in a 67-year-old man.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/04/morning-report-COPD.htm
15 Apr 2016
Revisiting respiratory failure
An acute exacerbation of chronic respiratory failure represents acute-on-chronic respiratory failure, and acute hypoxemic criteria must be applied with caution in these patients.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/11/coding.htm
15 Nov 2013
acp-hosp1311-proof5
To have the diagnosis, the patient must have acute pul-monary dysfunction requiring non-routine aggressive measures.A patient who requires a short period of ventilatory support dur-ing surgical recovery
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/11/acph-201311-coding_t2.pdf
5 Nov 2013
MKSAP quiz on pulmonology
These cases and commentary, which address pulmonology, are excerpted from ACP's Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program (MKSAP16).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/03/ty.htm
15 Mar 2013
Recent Research
Autoimmune disorders and PE risk, perioperative therapy in patients with ICDs, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/03/rr.htm
15 Mar 2012
In the News
Suicide rating scale; hospitalists and the intensivist shortage.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/02/itn.htm
15 Feb 2012
Corticosteroids beneficial in patients with COPD exacerbations on ventilatory support
Systemic corticosteroids may increase the success of noninvasive mechanical ventilation and reduce the duration of mechanical ventilation in patients with acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AECOPDs), new research suggests.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2011/12/07/3.htm
7 Dec 2011
Hospitalists can help alleviate intensivist shortage, study suggests
There was no difference in adjusted mortality or length of stay between medical ICU patients cared for by a hospitalist-led versus an intensivist-led team, a new study found, though intermediate- and high-acuity mechanically ventilated patients may benefit from care by intensivists.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2011/11/16/2.htm
16 Nov 2011
Weaning after longer extubation period carries higher risk of death
Patients who are weaned more than seven days after the first attempt at extubation have a higher risk of death than those weaned after shorter periods, a study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2011/08/24/4.htm
24 Aug 2011
Journal watch: Recent studies of note
Hospitalists' cost-effectiveness, vasopressin antagonists and hyponatremia, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/02/jw.htm
15 Feb 2011