Search results for "Palliative care"
Agreeing on an ending
Hospitalists struggle with end-of-life-care disputes.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/11/end.htm
15 Nov 2010
Top Docs
Meet our 2010 Top Hospitalists.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/11/top.htm
15 Nov 2010
IHI forum covers palliative care access, sepsis treatment, rapid response teams
Access to palliative care, sepsis mortality reduction and rapid response team effectiveness were a few of the quality of care issues addressed last week at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement's 22nd annual National Forum.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2010/12/15/3.htm
15 Dec 2010
Integrating palliative care into the ICU
Palliative care, rapid response teams, and sepsis were a few of the topics covered at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement's 22nd annual National Forum.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/03/ihi.htm
15 Mar 2011
History, physical exam important in dermatology diagnosis
At the start of his session on dermatology in the acute care setting, Mark Davis, MD, chair of the division of dermatology at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., encouraged internists to consult dermatologists about any skin eruption. An hour and many tales from the field later, he'd made a convincing case for this suggestion.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2011/04/13/2.htm
13 Apr 2011
Journal watch: Recent studies of note
Bedside tool to predict in-hospital death after stroke, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/04/jw.htm
15 Apr 2011
Talking points on palliative care
Speakers at the recent National Palliative Care Summit discussed strategies for changing and improving Americans' perceptions of palliative care.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/05/palliative.htm
15 May 2011
Discussing prognosis
Physicians not only overestimate prognosis, many consciously present a more optimistic prognosis to patients than they privately believe.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/05/prognosis.htm
15 May 2011
No halfway measures
Partial DNRs may be attractive to patients, but they may cause more problems than they solve.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/06/coverstory.htm
15 Jun 2011
Getting under the skin
Hospitalists can help diagnose the underlying cause of skin problems by taking a careful history.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/06/dermatology.htm
15 Jun 2011