Search results for "Malnutrition"
PICC study finds complications more likely with malnutrition, nighttime insertion
A new study of peripherally inserted central catheters (PICCs) uncovered some novel risk factors to predict complications, including malnutrition and after-hours placement.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2014/06/18/2.htm
18 Jun 2014
More things you shouldn't do
Folate levels and 24-hour monitoring after switching from IV to oral antibiotics were among the topics covered.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/05/non-evidence-based-medicine.htm
15 May 2014
Frailty score may help predict postop mortality risk in the elderly
A multidimensional frailty score helped predict postoperative mortality risk in elderly patients, according to a new study.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2014/05/14/3.htm
14 May 2014
Yogurt: A tasty tool against C. difficile
Program has been expanded to 2 long-term care facilities in the same health system.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/02/success.htm
15 Feb 2014
In the News
PEG placement after acute stroke, thrombolysis in stroke, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/12/itn.htm
15 Dec 2013
Model may help predict PEG placement after acute stroke
A new model may help predict percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) placement after acute stroke.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2013/08/28/3.htm
28 Aug 2013
Code carefully with nutrition guidelines
This column discusses classic chronic malnutrition and how it differs from acute nutritional deficiency.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/06/coding.htm
15 Jun 2013
2012 diagnostic documentation update
If there is any certainty in the health care industry today, it is that things will change.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/09/coding.htm
15 Sep 2012
Expanding laboratory services in the Land of a Thousand Hills
The author describes a trip to western Rwanda to introduce fluorescence microscopy to one hospital's laboratory.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/12/student.htm
15 Dec 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