Search results for "COPD"
A COVID ward at home
Two physicians recently told ACP Hospitalist about how their health system got a planned program to provide acute-level care in patients' homes running in two weeks at the start of the pandemic.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/11/25/3.htm
25 Nov 2020
Advice from ACP supports short courses of antibiotics for several common infections
Because at least 30% of antibiotic use is considered unnecessary, best practices were issued on treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbation and uncomplicated bronchitis, community-acquired pneumonia, uncomplicated urinary tract infection, and cellulitis.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/04/07/4.htm
7 Apr 2021
Latest research, recommendations cover diabetes, clots, and remdesivir in COVID-19
Mortality was lower in diabetes patients given sitagliptin at admission for COVID-19, ACP practice points support remdesivir, acquired thrombophilia does not predict clots, cardiac arrest survival is low, and admissions for other conditions were still way down over the summer.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/10/07/1.htm
7 Oct 2020
Comfort measures only
I will never forget the 56-year-old woman who was admitted to our intermediate care unit with COVID-19 pneumonia.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/11/comfort-measures-only.htm
15 Nov 2020
Azithromycin may reduce treatment failure for acute COPD exacerbations
Among patients hospitalized for an acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), 49% of those who received adjunct therapy with azithromycin had COPD treatment failure by three months versus 60% of those who did not.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/05/08/1.htm
8 May 2019
June issue online and in the mail
This month's issue of ACP Hospitalist covers news from Hospital Medicine 2018, including articles about physician burnout, opioids, COPD, pressure ulcers, and technological advances.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/06/13/5.htm
13 Jun 2018
Journal watch: Recent studies of note
Oral low-dose steroids for COPD exacerbations, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/01/jw.htm
15 Jan 2011
Recent Research
Statin use and pneumonia, helmet for ventilation in ARDS, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/08/recent-research.htm
15 Aug 2016
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
Knowing when AI is wrong
Physicians need to learn the explanations behind artificial intelligence (AI) answers, say the authors of a study in which hospitalists had lower diagnostic accuracy when working with biased AI.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/03/13/knowing-when-ai-is-wrong.htm
13 Mar 2024