Search results for "Catheters"
Medicare takes aim at hospital-acquired conditions
Medicare's recent announcement that it will stop paying for some hospital-acquired conditions has hospitals ramping up their quality improvement efforts, and some experts predict that hospitalists are likely to find themselves center stage.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/11/cover-story.htm
15 Nov 2007
MKSAP primer: Heart failure
Initial diagnostic testing of the patient with heart failure includes obtaining an electrocardiogram, a chest radiograph, and an echocardiogram, as well as blood chemistry evaluation.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/11/mksap.htm
15 Nov 2007
Treat the elderly patient, not just the illness
Strategies for managing hospitalized elders and preventing decline.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/11/elderly.htm
15 Nov 2007
Journal watch
Recent studies about medical trainee errors, chlorhexidine intervention, and other topics.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/12/journal.htm
15 Dec 2007
Test yourself: COPD
COPD.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/01/test.htm
15 Jan 2008
Journal Watch
Recent studies about sepsis treatment, UTI prevention efforts, and other topics.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/03/journal.htm
15 Mar 2008
Test yourself: Pulmonary embolism
Pulmonary embolism.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/03/test.htm
15 Mar 2008
acp-hosp0804.qxd
1. Bacteria can be inoculated directly into the bladder dur-ing insertion of the catheter;. ... 3. The glycocalyx that forms on the catheter surface pro-tects bacteria from antibiotics and host defenses;.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/04/acph-200804-mksap_t1.pdf
9 Apr 2008
Test yourself: Health care-associated infections
Health care-associated infections.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/04/test.htm
15 Apr 2008
MKSAP primer: Health care-associated infections
Adapted from ACP's latest Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/04/mksap.htm
15 Apr 2008