Search results for "Palliative care"
AHA and ACC issue heart failure guidelines
New and revised recommendations on the treatment of heart failure were released last week jointly by the American College of Cardiology Foundation and American Heart Association.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2013/06/12/1.htm
12 Jun 2013
Predicting mortality
Algorithms could be used in assessing safety and quality of care.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/07/risk.htm
15 Jul 2013
Noninvasive positive-pressure ventilation: Who and when
Best uses include acute hypercarbic respiratory failure in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and acute cardiogenic pulmonary edema.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/09/conference02.htm
15 Sep 2013
In the News
Hepatitis screening, emergency warfarin reversal, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/09/itn.htm
15 Sep 2013
Opioid management, constipation key challenges in cancer pain
Adding methadone to opioids can help with intractable pain.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/10/conference01.htm
15 Oct 2013
The emotional life of doctors
When physicians get a handle on work-related emotions, it helps improve patient care as well as self-care.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/11/qa.htm
15 Nov 2013
Tool helps predict one-year death risk at admission
Researchers have validated a prognostic tool which can be used at admission to estimate a patient's risk of dying within a year.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2013/11/20/2.htm
20 Nov 2013
MKSAP quiz on end-of-life care
These cases and commentary, which focus on end-of-life care, are excerpted from ACP's Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program (MKSAP16).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/12/ty.htm
15 Dec 2013
POLSTs: Having the right conversation at the right time
Balance is often needed to sensitively convey one's opinions while respecting patient wishes.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/12/polst.htm
15 Dec 2013
Dealing with drug-seeking behavior
Hospitalists must discern true drug-seeking behavior from a straightforward desire for pain relief.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/02/coverstory.htm
15 Feb 2014