Search results for "Geriatrics"
July 2017
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/07/
Risk model assesses function in older patients after hospitalization for acute MI
Five factors, including longer hospital stay and depression, were associated with declines in activities of daily living six months after discharge for a myocardial infarction (MI).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/10/07/4.htm
7 Oct 2020
Shorter hospital stay after hip fracture associated with increased mortality risk, study finds
Hospitalization for 10 days or less after a hip fracture was associated with increased mortality risk after discharge, according to a new study.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2015/03/04/3.htm
4 Mar 2015
Letter from the Editor
This month's issue includes a cover story on care plans for superutilizers, as well as coverage from Internal Medicine Meeting 2015.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/07/lfe.htm
15 Jul 2015
Saving money by giving care for free
At most hospitals, paying for medical care means handing over proof of insurance or a credit card. At The Caring Place in Allentown, Pa., it can mean reading to children, baking cookies or translating for other patients.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/03/care.htm
15 Mar 2007
Guideline released on post-op delirium in older adults
The American Geriatrics Society released a clinical practice guideline last week on postoperative delirium in older adults.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2014/11/26/1.htm
26 Nov 2014
American Heart Association issues scientific statement on cardiogenic shock in older adults
The statement provides suggestions for clinical practice, highlighting the crucial role of individualized risk assessment, an interdisciplinary approach, and patient-centered decision making in the management of cardiogenic shock among older adults.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/03/06/american-heart-association-issues-scientific-statement-on-cardiogenic-shock-in-older-adults.htm
6 Mar 2024
Readmission more likely in heart failure patients with low calorie consumption
A small nutrition study found that all of the heart failure inpatients who reported maintaining a low-sodium diet were consuming an insufficient quantity of calories before hospital admission.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/07/15/5.htm
15 Jul 2020
February 2013
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/02/
Latest research looks at more potential drug therapies, symptoms in specific age groups
New studies found some benefits associated with tocilizumab and colchicine in patients hospitalized with COVID-19 and quantified symptoms in older adults as well as neurological complications.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/07/01/2.htm
1 Jul 2020