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IHI forum covers palliative care access, sepsis treatment, rapid response teams
Following are some highlights from conference workshops that focused on hospital medicine:.
December 2010
Satisfying patients—one or many at a time
Simple actions, like knocking before entering and introducing one's self, can go a long way.
August 2013
Using corticosteroids (or not)
Review the latest data on prescribing these drugs for pneumonia, sepsis, and COPD.
May 2019
Pearls from an ID doc
Expert also discusses Clostridium difficile, transesophageal echocardiography.
August 2013
Discussing prognosis
Physicians not only overestimate prognosis, many consciously present a more optimistic prognosis to patients than they privately believe.
May 2011
The next issue of ACP Internist is online
Internal Medicine 2010 coverage: Pearls aid treatment of opioid dependence. An expert reviews the benefits of agonist treatments over “going cold turkey,” how to foil abuse of oral medications, and the ... More conference coverage: Hospital medicine
June 2010
Internal Medicine Meeting 2015 heads to Boston to celebrate 100 years
Special programs, lectures will mark ACP's centennial.
April 2015
The kidney versus the heart
A conference speaker rarely feels compelled to fall on his sword, but Steven Coca, DO, MS, literally did just that at the Heart Failure Society of America's 2019 annual meeting, ... second half of the conference session.
November 2019
Careful catheter care reduces cost, complications
The U.S. spends an estimated $2 billion annually on treating catheter-associated bloodstream infections. Learn how to help lower those costs.
February 2011
How to withdraw ventilation compassionately
An expert offers advice on tackling the psychological and medical challenges of end-of-life extubation.
December 2020