Search results for "Palliative care"
‘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
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
Antibiotics may carry more cost than benefit for patients at end of life
Experts offer advice on discussing and deciding when to use or avoid.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/02/antibiotics-end-of-life.htm
15 Feb 2016
CDC issues recommendations for prescribing opioids for chronic pain
The recommendations focused on 3 areas: starting or continuing opioids for chronic pain; opioid selection, dosage, duration, follow-up, and discontinuation; and assessing risk and addressing harms of opioid use.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/03/23/4.htm
23 Mar 2016
MKSAP quiz on COPD
Cases involving chronic obstructive pulmonary disease are presented.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/04/mksap-COPD.htm
15 Apr 2016
Reducing the discomfort of end-of-life conversations
The ask-tell-ask model for end-of-life conversations starts with questions, instead of statements.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/05/11/2.htm
11 May 2016
CDC issues recommendations for prescribing opioids for chronic pain
CDC opioid recommendations, resuscitation timing, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/06/in-the-news.htm
15 Jun 2016
Skin in the game
11 dermatologic conditions hospitalists should know.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/07/dermatology-hospital-medicine.htm
15 Jul 2016
Frailty may help predict outcomes after cardiac surgery in older adults
The authors recommended that clinicians should try to classify patients preoperatively into 3 groups: extreme risk, high risk, and low risk.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/08/24/4.htm
24 Aug 2016
Beyond the M&M
Hospitals review every death to flag problems, jump-start quality improvement.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/09/morbidity-mortality-conference.htm
15 Sep 2016