Search results for "Intensive care"
Improving the patient experience by focusing on spiritual care
Hospitalists can identify needs, collaborate with chaplains.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/06/spiritual-care.htm
15 Jun 2016
Test yourself: COPD
These cases and commentary, which address COPD, are excerpted from ACP's Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program (MKSAP15).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/03/ty.htm
15 Mar 2011
Alcohol detox: To admit or not?
Protocols can help simplify decision on admission.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/08/detox.htm
15 Aug 2014
Don't overlook obesity hypoventilation syndrome
The American Thoracic Society recently offered data and a guideline on obesity hypoventilation syndrome.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/09/dont-overlook-obesity-hypoventilation-syndrome.htm
15 Sep 2019
Too many or too few: Who belongs in the ICU?
Some experts are starting to question how the nation's critical care beds are being used.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/02/coverstory.htm
15 Feb 2013
Bundling consent in the ICU
Residents frequently use these bundles but report doubts about their validity.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/12/qa-bundling-consent-in-the-icu.htm
15 Dec 2020
Digging up and dealing with inpatient depression
Accurately diagnosing depression in a medically ill person can be tricky, but hospitalists can take steps to improve inpatient and postdischarge mental health care.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/03/digging-up-and-dealing-with-inpatient-depression.htm
15 Mar 2018
Predicting sepsis and its trajectory
Biomarkers, automated systems, and rapid diagnostics.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/12/predicting-sepsis.htm
15 Dec 2015
Will small hospitals disappear?
Facilities take new approaches to survive familiar challenges.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/12/small-hospitals.htm
15 Dec 2015
Unexplained variation found in where patients are discharged after stroke
Researchers analyzed clinical registry and claims data for 31,775 Medicare beneficiaries from 918 Get With The Guidelines-Stroke hospitals that discharged patients to inpatient rehabilitation facilities or skilled nursing facilities between 2006 and 2008.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/08/30/4.htm
30 Aug 2017