Search results for "Palliative care"
Letter from the Editor
This month's issue includes articles on catheter-associated urinary infections, recreational marijuana, disorders of consciousness, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/05/lfe.htm
15 May 2015
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
Deciding about CPR when a DNR order is confusing
Deciding about CPR when a DNR order is confusing.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/05/cpr.htm
15 May 2008
Experts address shortages of PPE, medications, ventilators, tests during pandemic
The College praised recent legislation regarding personal protective equipment (PPE) but stressed that all possible means must be used to ensure sufficient PPE is immediately available to every physician, nurse, and health care worker on the front lines.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/04/01/3.htm
1 Apr 2020
Recent Research
Hip fractures in nursing homes, cognitive impairment with TIA, beta-blockers before CABG, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/12/rr.htm
15 Dec 2014
Team up to treat opioid addiction
Hospitalists can improve care even without the expertise of an addiction medicine consult service.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/09/team-up-to-treat-opioid-addiction.htm
15 Sep 2021
ACC and AHA update performance measures for STEMI and NSTEMI
The update has 17 performance measures, including four new ones, and seven quality measures, all of them new.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/09/27/2.htm
27 Sep 2017
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
Inhaler education, hospital mergers, and more
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/05/in-the-news.htm
15 May 2020
Fewer Medicare beneficiaries dying in the hospital, but ICU use at end of life still common
The retrospective cohort study included a 20% random sample of Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries who died in 2000, 2005, 2009, 2011, or 2015.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/07/04/1.htm
4 Jul 2018