Search results for "Clinical Medicine"
High stakes: Considerations about cannabis
More Americans are taking cannabis, complicating inpatient care. Understanding patients' use patterns and history is key to mitigating risks during a hospital stay.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/02/07/free/high-stakes-considerations-about-cannabis.htm
7 Feb 2024
Mandates and other questions about vaccination of health care workers
ACP Hospitalist recently spoke to infectious diseases and ethics expert Janet A. Jokela, MD, MPH, FACP, about how health care systems should handle getting their staff vaccinated against COVID-19.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/12/09/2.htm
9 Dec 2020
A bone to pick
Osteoporosis is undertreated in fragility fracture patients. Hospitalists have an opportunity to help close that gap.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/01/24/a-bone-to-pick.htm
24 Jan 2024
Precourse provides pneumonia pearls
An expert reviewed the guidelines and recommendations for antibiotic treatment of pneumonia and encouraged attention to cardiovascular risks.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/04/25/3.htm
25 Apr 2018
Procalcitonin do's and don'ts
Although the optimal use of procalcitonin is still up for debate, there are best practices for getting the most bang for this blood test.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/07/05/free/procalcitonin-dos-and-donts.htm
5 Jul 2023
May 2015
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/05/
New knowledge on human microbiome begins to impact practice
The first annual Dr. Ananda Prasad Lecture in Physiology highlighted the role of the human microbiome in health and disease.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/04/25/4.htm
25 Apr 2018
Adding up adverse events
Patient safety experts talk about the latest data and what hospitalists can do to improve them.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/06/07/adding-up-adverse-events.htm
7 Jun 2023
Considering ketamine
Evidence is limited, but low-dose ketamine may be an appropriate adjunct or alternative to opioids for certain patients in pain.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/08/02/free/considering-ketamine.htm
2 Aug 2023
Pandemic pressures on journal publishing
Christine Laine, MD, MPH, FACP, Editor in Chief of Annals of Internal Medicine, recently talked to ACP Hospitalist about how COVID-19 has affected medical journals.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/05/20/3.htm
20 May 2020