Search results for "Geriatrics"
Take the C-TraIn
Oregon Health ##amp; Science University helped improve transitions by paying community clinics to serve as medical homes for low-income patients.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/03/ctrain.htm
15 Mar 2012
Journal watch: Recent studies of note
Recent studies about predicting surgical outcomes, abdominal CTs for C. diff patients, and other topics.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/10/jw.htm
15 Oct 2009
The question patients won't ask but want answered
Research indicates sexual problems and concerns are common after hospital discharge.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/12/qa.htm
15 Dec 2013
Dressed to kill
A doctor's elegant attire causes trouble in more ways than one.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/06/newman.htm
15 Jun 2011
Hospitalists and hospice referrals
A study author discusses why hospice rates, and referrals by hospitalists, may be increasing.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/11/qa-hospitalists-and-hospice-referrals.htm
15 Nov 2017
The House of God revisited
Jamie S. Newman, FACP, offers a hospitalist’s perspective on a classic book.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/10/book.htm
15 Oct 2008
Me, my fridge, and I
We take refrigeration for granted, but a geriatric fridge plays an important (and humorous) role in one physician's work from home.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/01/26/free/newman-me-my-fridge-and-i.htm
26 Jan 2022
Facing feeding tubes
Evidence and guidelines are against feeding tubes for patients with advanced dementia, but practice often differs.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/02/facing-feeding-tubes.htm
15 Feb 2019
To home or SNF?
Few tools and competing incentives make discharge decisions challenging.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/09/to-home-or-snf.htm
15 Sep 2019
Ease up on antipsychotics
Antipsychotics started for an episode of agitation in the ICU are often continued through hospitalization and even after discharge, posing serious health risks to patients, experts say.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/04/06/free/ease-up-on-antipsychotics.htm
6 Apr 2022