Search results for "Ethics"
Latest COVID-19 research finds benefit from prone positioning, arthritis drugs
Prone positioning was helpful in patients not on mechanical ventilation, and two very small studies found positive outcomes with drugs used to treat rheumatoid arthritis. ACP members can join a bulk purchase of N95s and gowns.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/06/24/1.htm
24 Jun 2020
Palliative care consults by default did not affect inpatient length of stay
Implementation of a default, opt-out palliative care consultation intervention for older hospital patients with advanced chronic illnesses did increase consult rates from 16.6% to 43.9% and significantly increased odds of discharge to hospice.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/01/24/palliative-care-consults-by-default-did-not-affect-inpatient-length-of-stay.htm
24 Jan 2024
Earlier renal replacement therapy didn't provide benefit for patients with sepsis and AKI
The trial was stopped for futility after it found that providing renal replacement therapy within 12 hours of documented severe acute kidney injury (AKI) did not reduce 90-day mortality.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/10/17/4.htm
17 Oct 2018
Top Docs
Our fourth annual Top Hospitalists issue recognizes leaders and teachers, innovators and mentors, researchers and pioneers.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/11/topdocs.htm
15 Nov 2011
Assisted suicide
The prescribing of lethal medication remains highly controversial as clinicians struggle to balance the autonomy of terminally ill patients and the commitment to do no harm.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/09/suicide.htm
15 Sep 2010
New guidelines aim to resolve conflicts with patients and families in the ICU
A new policy statement from several critical care organizations offered 4 recommendations to prevent and manage intractable disagreements about life-prolonging medical treatments for patients in intensive care.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2015/05/20/3.htm
20 May 2015
How to handle biased patients
Hospitalists have developed strategies for these problematic encounters.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/06/how-to-handle-biased-patients.htm
15 Jun 2020
Palliative care guidelines updated with increased focus on collaboration, communication
The guidelines from the National Consensus Project for Quality Palliative Care focus on two main concepts: that palliative care is inclusive of all people with serious illness and that timely consideration of palliative care is the responsibility of all who care for the seriously ill.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/11/07/4.htm
7 Nov 2018
Letter from the Editor
Many think of hospital medicine as a field largely populated by young physicians, but this may be changing.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/10/editor.htm
15 Oct 2008
Former baseball coach hits home run in hospital medicine
Mike Hawkins, FACP, champions the hospitalist model.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/03/profile.htm
15 Mar 2009