Search results for "Palliative care"
Top Docs
Meet our 2010 Top Hospitalists.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/11/top.htm
15 Nov 2010
ICUs vary in managing patients with treatment limitations
ICUs vary widely in their management of patients with preexisting limits on life-sustaining treatments, according to a new study.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2015/04/08/3.htm
8 Apr 2015
Recent Research
MERS information, NSAIDs and antidepressants, ICDs in older patients, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/09/recent-research.htm
15 Sep 2015
The next issue of ACP Internist is online
And the winner is…
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2010/06/09/7.htm
9 Jun 2010
A strategy for long stays
Patients with extended hospitalizations got continuity and targeted help under a new program.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/11/29/a-strategy-for-long-stays.htm
29 Nov 2023
Skin in the game
11 dermatologic conditions hospitalists should know.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/07/dermatology-hospital-medicine.htm
15 Jul 2016
Code status discussions sometimes difficult, but necessary
Understanding individual preferences about code status is critical to delivering the care patients want. Still, code discussions between doctors and patients don't always happen when they should, or at all. A 2008 study in the Journal of Hospital Medicine found that only 10% of patients in six university-based hospitals had documented code discussions within 24 hours of admission.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/10/status.htm
15 Oct 2009
Helping sepsis survivors thrive after discharge
The Sepsis Transition and Recovery program uses virtual care to implement best practices after sepsis.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/04/success-story-helping-sepsis-survivors-thrive-after-discharge.htm
15 Apr 2021
Seven on/seven off: Readers respond
Readers respond to a recent opinion piece on seven on/seven off scheduling.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/07/lte.htm
15 Jul 2011
New model reliably predicts two-month survival for advanced cancer patients
A combination of clinical and lab variables can predict two-week and two-month survival for patients with advanced cancer, a study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2011/09/14/6.htm
14 Sep 2011