Search results for "Syncope"
In the News
Syncope and PE, manikins and CPR training
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/01/in-the-news.htm
15 Jan 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
Do you need a checklist?
There's limited evidence but apparent potential for these tools in hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/02/do-you-need-a-checklist.htm
15 Feb 2021
A new Internal Medicine Meeting
Catch up on sessions about poisonings, stroke, syncope, women's cardiac conditions, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/06/letter-from-the-editor.htm
15 Jun 2021
Treating obstructive sleep apnea may reduce rapid response events
Researchers compared rates of rapid response system use in patients at high and low risk for obstructive sleep apnea, as well as the effect of positive airway pressure therapy on rapid response events.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/05/18/4.htm
18 May 2016
The road ahead for hospital medicine
During his plenary at SHM Converge 2022, Robert M. Wachter, MD, MACP, shared his thoughts on the future of hospital medicine, including changes in patient complexity and hospital finance, the catch-22 of hospital at home, and the potential impacts of technology.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/04/20/the-road-ahead-for-hospital-medicine.htm
20 Apr 2022
The risky rise of gabapentinoids
There are reasons to worry about these opioid alternatives.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/12/the-risky-rise-of-gabapentinoids.htm
15 Dec 2019
Learning on the late shift
Training programs and hospitalists are working to make night coverage more educational.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/03/22/free/learning-on-the-late-shift.htm
22 Mar 2023
Five days of antibiotics for CAP worked as well as physician-directed therapy
A control group took antibiotics for a median of 10 days, compared to 5 in the intervention group. In an intention-to-treat analysis, clinical success rates were similar between groups at day 10 and day 30.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/08/03/2.htm
3 Aug 2016
Delayed calls for rapid response associated with higher mortality and ICU admission
Almost one-third of calls occurred more than 15 minutes after a criterion for calling the rapid response team had been documented.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2015/09/23/2.htm
23 Sep 2015