Search results for "Therapeutics"
MKSAP quiz on hepatology
This month's quiz includes questions from ACP's Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program (MKSAP 18) about the liver.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/06/mksap-quiz-on-hepatology.htm
15 Jun 2019
Individual case: Polyendocrinopathy with lithium use
A patient with bipolar disorder was admitted due to hypercalcemia.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/03/brief-case-individual-endocrinopathy.htm
15 Mar 2020
Clinicians dive into hospital design
Researchers from health care and design backgrounds have been increasingly focusing on how the layout and allocation of space in hospitals can promote the well-being of both patients and clinicians.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/04/clinicians-dive-into-hospital-design.htm
15 Apr 2018
Moving beyond medical needs
Some hospitals are treating patients' food and housing shortages.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/03/moving-beyond-medical-needs.htm
15 Mar 2019
Several antimicrobial stewardship components improve outcomes, review finds
Empirical therapy according to guidelines, de-escalation of therapy, switch from intravenous to oral treatment, therapeutic drug monitoring, use of a list of restricted antibiotics, and bedside consultation all improved either patient or cost outcomes.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/03/09/1.htm
9 Mar 2016
Reducing chest X-rays, telemetry
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/06/in-the-news.htm
15 Jun 2019
MKSAP quiz on mechanical ventilation
This month's quiz includes questions from ACP's Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program (MKSAP 18) on mechanical ventilation.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/05/mksap-quiz-on-mechanical-ventilation.htm
15 May 2020
Perspectives debate merits of hospitalist model 20 years after first description
A perspective by Robert M. Wachter, MD, FACP, and Lee Goldman, MD, MPH, FACP, reviewed the evolution of the hospitalist field from a few hundred clinicians in 1996 to more than 50,000 today.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/08/17/4.htm
17 Aug 2016
Antibiotics and AKI, stroke rehab, and more
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/06/recent-research.htm
15 Jun 2018
Studies look at new and old scores, biomarkers for predicting COVID-19 outcomes
The SOFA score did not perform well for predicting mortality in patients admitted with COVID-19, multiple recent studies found, but levels of d-dimer and C-reactive protein had prognostic value, according to the latest research.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/02/24/1.htm
24 Feb 2021