Search results for "Palliative care"
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
Early palliative care did not improve quality of life in cancer surgery patients
The trial randomly assigned participants scheduled for intra-abdominal cancer operations to receive either usual care or an intervention including preoperative consultation with palliative care specialists and postoperative inpatient and outpatient palliative care follow-up for 90 days.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/05/24/early-palliative-care-did-not-improve-quality-of-life-in-cancer-surgery-patients.htm
24 May 2023
Invasive mechanical ventilation at end of life may be more common in Asian Americans
Researchers used a 20% random sample of Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries to compare receipt of invasive mechanical ventilation among Asian American and White patients hospitalized in the last 30 days of life.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/05/05/4.htm
5 May 2021
February 2009
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/02/
Studies look at how COVID-19 mortality varied by hospital, over time
Hospital strain seems to be a significant factor in patients' mortality from COVID-19, according to a study analyzing deaths among ICU patients by hospital and another comparing March and April 2020 outcomes to those later in the year.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/05/05/2.htm
5 May 2021
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
August 2019
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/08/
1 in 4 patients with malignant pleural effusion readmitted within a month
A retrospective cohort study found that the risk of readmission was increased among patients who were only treated with thoracentesis, as well as those who were on Medicaid or discharged to a nursing home or home health.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/10/02/4.htm
2 Oct 2019
Letter from the Editor
This month's issue includes a cover story on changes in rapid response teams and articles on patients' perspectives of readmissions, heart failure treatment, hospitalist fellowships, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/09/lfe.htm
15 Sep 2015
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