Search results for "COPD"
Heart failure may be missed despite frequent health care contacts before hospitalization
A Canadian cohort study found that patients with acute heart failure had more outpatient physician visits, hospitalizations for unrelated conditions, and ED visits before index hospitalization than those with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or stable heart failure.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/11/18/3.htm
18 Nov 2020
Azithromycin associated with less treatment failure than beta-lactams in hospitalized COPD patients
In a retrospective cohort study at six Michigan hospitals, treatment failed in 19.6% of patients with an acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) who received azithromycin and 32.3% of those who received a beta-lactam.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/03/30/azithromycin-associated-with-less-treatment-failure-than-beta-lactams-in-hospitalized-copd-patients.htm
30 Mar 2022
Tool helps stratify risk of patients with acute COPD exacerbations
Researchers successfully validated a tool that helps stratify risk of in-hospital death and mechanical ventilation in patients with acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AECOPD) at the time they present to the hospital.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2011/11/16/1.htm
16 Nov 2011
Documentation and coding challenges with COPD
Learn more about one of the most frequent reasons for inpatient admission.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/05/coding-copd-documentation-part-1.htm
15 May 2017
April 2007
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
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November 2014
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October 2007
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January 2011
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Finding atrial fibrillation in the hospital
Challenges include differentiating transient and persistent cases.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/08/finding-atrial-fibrillation-in-the-hospital.htm
15 Aug 2019
Recent Research
Swallowing screens after acute stroke, cardiac complications in CAP, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/05/rr.htm
15 May 2012