Search results for "Intensive care"
Engaging families to detect ICU delirium
Fair diagnostic accuracy was achieved when family members used delirium tools for daily assessments.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/09/success-story-engaging-families-to-detect-icu-delirium.htm
15 Sep 2020
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
Just don't do it
Leonard Feldman, MD, FACP, takes a look at non-evidence-based medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/08/conf01.htm
15 Aug 2013
Barrier precautions used inconsistently during arterial catheter insertion, survey finds
Thirty-nine percent of ICU clinicians supported mandatory full barrier precautions during peripheral arterial catheter insertion.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2015/08/19/1.htm
19 Aug 2015
From too little to too much
Experts struggle to find the optimal venous thromboembolism prophylaxis strategy.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/01/coverstory.htm
15 Jan 2015
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
MKSAP: Endocrinology
A 42-year-old man is evaluated in the emergency department for a two-day history of fever, confusion, and abdominal pain... and other cases.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/03/test.htm
15 Mar 2009
Project allows ICU patients, families to personalize dying process
Last wishes of ICU patients, from bagpipe music to charitable donations, were fulfilled by researchers, who found positive impact on patients, families, and clinicians.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2015/07/15/1.htm
15 Jul 2015
Periop anticoagulation in afib, patient-to-intensivist ratios, and more
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/05/in-the-news.htm
15 May 2017
Eliminating disparities in stroke outcomes
Recent studies have found that stroke patients admitted to the hospital at night and on the weekends are more likely to die than those admitted on weekdays. Why does mortality vary at different times of the day and week, and how can hospitals change their procedures to help minimize this difference?.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/06/cover.htm
15 Jun 2008