Search results for "Delirium"
January 12, 2022
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/01/12/
January 2009
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/01/
Antipsychotics not effective for prevention, treatment of inpatient delirium
Two reviews analyzed dozens of studies on the use of haloperidol, second-generation antipsychotics, or placebo to treat or prevent delirium in hospitalized patients and found little to no evidence of benefit.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/09/11/1.htm
11 Sep 2019
November 2011
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/11/
Statins associated with reduced risk of delirium in ICU study
The retrospective study found that the delirium rate in patients on statins, including atorvastatin, pravastatin, and simvastatin, was about half (or even less) than that of patients not on statins.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/06/28/2.htm
28 Jun 2017
March 2016
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/03/
Nonpharmacological, multicomponent interventions reduced delirium, prevented falls
Nonpharmacological, multicomponent interventions appeared to be effective at reducing delirium and preventing falls in hospitalized older patients, a study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2015/02/11/3.htm
11 Feb 2015
Alcohol use disorders
Learn the ICD-10-CM terminology and instructions and DSM-5 definitions needed to document alcohol use disorder.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/01/coding-alcohol-use-disorders-part-1.htm
15 Jan 2018
MKSAP quiz on delirium
These cases and commentary, which address delirium, are excerpted from ACP's Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program (MKSAP16).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/06/ty.htm
15 Jun 2013
Encephalopathy
Most patients who are admitted to the hospital with the symptom of mental status alteration actually have encephalopathy as the cause.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/09/coding.htm
15 Sep 2010