Search results for "Malnutrition"
Volunteer physicians help rebuild Haiti's health system
Volunteer physicians help to rebuild the troubled nation's health system.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/05/haiti.htm
15 May 2010
A case of attribution error
Our columnists discuss the case of a 71-year-old obese woman whose mental status deteriorated rapidly while in the hospital.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/09/mindful.htm
15 Sep 2010
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Recent or progressive weight loss; low body weight.The ultimate diagnosis of malnutrition and its severity. ... The diagnosis of malnutrition and itsseverity is also important but requires consideration of multipleclinical variables.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/04/acph-201104-coding2.pdf
30 Mar 2011
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Recent or progressive weight loss; low body weight.The ultimate diagnosis of malnutrition and its severity. ... The diagnosis of malnutrition and itsseverity is also important but requires consideration of multipleclinical variables.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/04/acph-201104-coding1.pdf
30 Mar 2011
Weighing in on BMI
A patient's body mass index can have a profound effect on the complexity of care and the risks of complications, morbidity and mortality.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/04/coding.htm
15 Apr 2011
MKSAP quiz on antibiotics
These cases and commentary, which address antibiotics, are excerpted from ACP's Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program (MKSAP15).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/05/ty.htm
15 May 2011
Placing priority on pressure ulcers
Current emphasis on public reporting of quality scores has helped make accurate documentation and effective management of pressure ulcers crucial health care considerations.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/08/coding.htm
15 Aug 2011
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INITIAL SCREENING. Patients are generally admitted to the hospital with overt mani-festations of malnutrition.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/09/acph-201109-focus_t1.pdf
7 Sep 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
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