Search results for "Delirium"
Pearls on diabetes meds in periop care
Learn when to stop and start glucagon-like peptide-1 agonists, dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors, and sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/05/03/pearls-on-diabetes-meds-in-periop-care.htm
3 May 2023
Nutrition, contrast and AKI, and more
Research summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/09/recent-research.htm
15 Sep 2020
Clearing or clouding the mind?
Antipsychotics can resolve agitation in patients with delirium, but that may not provide much overall benefit.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/11/delirium.htm
15 Nov 2011
Treating alcohol withdrawal (and its cause)
Hospitalists should not only adequately address acute alcohol withdrawal but also consider working with patients to treat their alcohol use disorder after discharge, experts said.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/06/15/treating-alcohol-withdrawal-and-its-cause.htm
15 Jun 2022
NSTEMI algorithm, metabolic acidemia, and more
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/02/recent-research.htm
15 Feb 2019
Working up inpatient psychosis
Ask the right questions and know the common differentials to speed your diagnosis.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/12/working-up-inpatient-psychosis.htm
15 Dec 2018
In the News
Interventions make discharges more timely, statins help with delirium in critically ill.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/06/itn.htm
15 Jun 2014
Intervention reduced nighttime orders for vital signs, VTE prophylaxis
Two general-medicine units applied physician education and default order changes to improve patient sleep, but additional benefits were seen on the one unit that also targeted nursing staff, the single-center study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/01/16/4.htm
16 Jan 2019
Quetiapine seems safe, effective for treating delirium
The second-generation antipsychotic quetiapine appears to be as safe and effective as other antipsychotics in treating delirium, according to a new review.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2013/03/13/4.htm
13 Mar 2013
March 27, 2024
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