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Sort by: Relevance | Newest | OldestMortality with later hip fracture surgery linked to medical reasons for delay
Late hip fracture surgery carries a higher mortality risk than early surgery, but mostly because of underlying medical reasons for the delay and not the delay itself, according to a new study.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2011/08/17/5.htm
17 Aug 2011
Break the fracture cycle
Experts discuss how osteoporosis treatment rates can be raised from appalling to acceptable.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/09/osteo.htm
15 Sep 2011
Discharges to subacute care leave out key info
Discharge summaries for patients moving to subacute care frequently omitted critical information, a study of one academic medical center found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2011/09/21/2.htm
21 Sep 2011
Test yourself: Delirium
These cases and commentary, which address delirium, are excerpted from ACP's Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program (MKSAP15).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/11/ty.htm
15 Nov 2011
Clinicians can use lower hemoglobin threshold for transfusion after hip fracture
A lower hemoglobin threshold for blood transfusion after hip fracture surgery yielded similar outcomes as a more liberal threshold in older patients at high risk of cardiac disease, a new study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2011/12/21/2.htm
21 Dec 2011
Heart failure worsens outcomes in hip fracture surgery patients
Hip fracture surgery patients with preoperative heart failure had higher mortality rates, were more often discharged to a skilled facility, and had longer hospital lengths of stay, according to a recent study.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2011/12/21/3.htm
21 Dec 2011
Recent Research
Hospitalist care and post-discharge costs, very elderly patients and vitamin K thromboprophylaxis, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/01/rr.htm
15 Jan 2012
MKSAP Quiz: High-value, cost-conscious care
These cases and commentary, which address high-value, cost-conscious care, are excerpted from ACP's Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program (MKSAP15).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/01/ty.htm
15 Jan 2012
Under pressure
Pressure ulcers are a main source of withheld payments and lawsuits, but physicians can be undereducated about them, according to one expert.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/02/coverstory.htm
15 Feb 2012
Hospital Compare didn't reduce mortality
Public reporting on hospital quality via the Hospital Compare website had minimal impact on mortality rates for three key conditions, a new study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2012/03/14/1.htm
14 Mar 2012