Search results for "Geriatrics"
Letter from the editor
Overprescribing of antibiotics is often cited as a chief culprit behind the rising threat of “superbugâ€ï¿½ infections, such as Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and Clostridium difficile.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/01/editor.htm
15 Jan 2009
Buprenorphine, cannabis, and other periop challenges
Perioperative medication management is particularly tricky when it comes to patients who are already taking drugs for chronic pain.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/11/22/buprenorphine-cannabis-and-other-periop-challenges.htm
22 Nov 2023
Sending patients home with a little extra care
Campaign advances care for home health patients.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/08/home-health.htm
15 Aug 2007
Measurement of inpatient mobility impairment can help predict later mortality
Patients who were mobile at admission and developed impairment were significantly more likely to die during the next six months, while those who recovered mobility during hospitalization had a reduced mortality risk.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/06/14/4.htm
14 Jun 2017
September 27, 2023
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/09/27/
Journal watch: Recent studies of note
Recent studies about antipsychotic use in the elderly, heart failure hospitalizations, and other topics.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/07/journal.htm
15 Jul 2008
January 26, 2022
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/01/26/
Factor frailty into preop assessment
Frailty should be assessed along with baseline cognition, risk for delirium, functional status, nutritional status, and, in particular, patients' treatment goals and expectations, an expert said.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/04/25/1.htm
25 Apr 2018
Recent Research
HCAHPS scores, order sets for COPD inpatients, warfarin in brain injury patients, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/11/rr.htm
15 Nov 2014
Shorter hospital stay after hip fracture associated with increased mortality risk, study finds
Hospitalization for 10 days or less after a hip fracture was associated with increased mortality risk after discharge, according to a new study.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2015/03/04/3.htm
4 Mar 2015