Search results for "Chronic Disease"
Pulling it together
Comprehensive COPD care should include standardized diagnosis and treatment, patient education, careful discharge planning and follow-up.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/03/coverstory.htm
15 Mar 2011
MKSAP quiz on osteoporosis
These cases and commentary, which address osteoporosis, are excerpted from ACP's Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program (MKSAP15).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/09/ty.htm
15 Sep 2011
The physician as patient
Learning the science is easy. Learning what is actually important is so much more difficult.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/12/self.htm
15 Dec 2010
Multivitamins not protective after first MI
High doses of multivitamins and minerals didn't protect against secondary cardiovascular events in stable patients who had experienced a myocardial infarction (MI), a new study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2013/12/18/4.htm
18 Dec 2013
Majority of asthma, COPD inpatients misuse inhalers, but are easily educated
While inhaler misuse is common among hospitalized patients with asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), patients can be easily taught to use the devices correctly, a new study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2011/02/02/4.htm
2 Feb 2011
Japanese physicians still treating tsunami victims
Many months after a devastating earthquake and tsunami, Japanese physicians deal with the continuing effects of the disaster.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/09/japan.htm
15 Sep 2011
In the News
New definition of MI, average lifespan of heart failure patients, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/12/itn.htm
15 Dec 2012
Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa
This in-depth article covers epidemiology, medical pathology, and the role of an inpatient pathway to treat nutritional insufficiency (CPT 269.9).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/09/focus.htm
15 Sep 2011
Hospital-initiated transition interventions can improve stroke, MI outcomes
Transition-of-care interventions initiated in the hospital can help improve outcomes in adult patients with stroke and myocardial infarction (MI), according to a new study.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2012/09/19/1.htm
19 Sep 2012
Cases from The Ohio State University
Dietary supplement-induced autoimmune-like hepatitis, splenic sarcoidosis, hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/01/brief-case-ohio-state-university.htm
15 Jan 2016