Search results for "Prognostication"
Online ratings, sleep, and more
Meet us on Twitter to discuss online ratings of hospitals and hospitalists.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/07/letter-from-the-editor.htm
15 Jul 2019
July issue online and in the mail
This issue's main story looks at online ratings of physicians. A related Twitter chat will be held on Wed., July 31, at 4 p.m. ET.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/07/10/5.htm
10 Jul 2019
Talking about distress and prognosis at ASCO
Physician-patient communication needs improvement and attention, according to experts at the American Society of Clinical Oncology's annual meeting.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/08/talking-about-distress-and-prognosis-at-asco.htm
15 Aug 2018
Diagnosing pulmonary embolism
A pulmonary embolism can present in a variety of clinical scenarios; however, there are several features that are typical.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/08/expert-analysis-diagnosing-pulmonary-embolism.htm
15 Aug 2017
Speedy sepsis care, intubation after cardiac arrest, and more
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/06/recent-research.htm
15 Jun 2017
Periop anticoagulation in afib, patient-to-intensivist ratios, and more
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/05/in-the-news.htm
15 May 2017
Lessons learned from a doctor's death
Lucy Kalanithi, MD, FACP, spoke about the death of her husband, a neurosurgeon who contracted stage 4 lung cancer and wrote a best-selling memoir.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/04/05/4.htm
5 Apr 2017
Severe sepsis patients getting earlier antibiotics were less likely to develop shock
Each hour until antimicrobial administration was associated with an 8% increase in risk of progression to shock, and time to administration was also associated with in-hospital mortality.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/02/15/2.htm
15 Feb 2017
Prognostic value of sepsis criteria compared in ED and ICU
The qSOFA score was a better predictor than SIRS in the emergency department, while SOFA was more predictive than SIRS or qSOFA in the intensive care unit.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/01/25/2.htm
25 Jan 2017
New score for predicting inpatient mortality after acute myocardial infarction
Factors independently associated with inpatient mortality after acute myocardial infarction included age, heart rate, systolic blood pressure, presentation after cardiac arrest, presentation in cardiogenic shock, presentation in heart failure, presentation with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction, creatinine clearance, and troponin ratio.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/08/03/4.htm
3 Aug 2016