Search results for "Pulmonology"
Expanding the reach of palliative care
Telehealth is facilitating the growth of end-of-life services in rural areas.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/02/expanding-the-reach-of-palliative-care.htm
15 Feb 2020
Higher PEEP levels associated with improved survival, but only in ARDS
Effects of large ESA and iron doses vary with hematocrit level
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2010/03/10/3.htm
10 Mar 2010
Use a light touch for ICU sedation
Take a stepwise approach to choose sedation and paralysis wisely.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/12/use-light-touch-for-icu-sedation.htm
15 Dec 2019
Asthma pill showed little difference in real-world effectiveness compared to glucocorticoids, LABAs
Leukotriene-receptor antagonists showed little difference in real-world effectiveness, and had better adherence, compared to more commonly recommended treatments, according to a new report of two pragmatic trials.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2011/05/11/3.htm
11 May 2011
How (and why) to clean a stethoscope
Research has found that stethoscopes harbor microbes and that many clinicians never clean theirs.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/04/how-and-why-to-clean-a-stethoscope.htm
15 Apr 2019
Sepsis still infected with uncertainty
Experts from CHEST 2016 debate screening, fluids, more
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/01/sepsis-conference-coverage.htm
15 Jan 2017
A collection of individual cases
Cardiac repolarization, Takayasu arteritis, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/11/brief-case-a-collection-of-individual-cases.htm
15 Nov 2020
Uncertainty on nurse staffing despite regs, research
Opinions are heated, but data are limited, on how many nurses are best for patients.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/04/uncertainty-on-nurse-staffing-despite-regs-research.htm
15 Apr 2019
Subsegmental pulmonary embolism
An example patient with sickle cell disease provides a lesson in diagnosing subsegmental pulmonary embolism.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/02/expert-analysis-subsegmental-pulmonary-embolism.htm
15 Feb 2019
Hospital medicine matures
Post-acute care is emerging as a dedicated field of practice on a path similar to hospital medicine's a decade or so ago.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/10/coverstory.htm
15 Oct 2012