Search results for "Pain Management"
MKSAP quiz on pressure ulcers and pain
This month's quiz includes questions from ACP's Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program (MKSAP 17) on pressure ulcers and pain management.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/06/mksap-quiz-on-pressure-ulcers-and-pain.htm
15 Jun 2018
It's not an admission, it's an experience
When former hospitalist M. Bridget Duffy, MD, became chief experience officer at the Cleveland Clinic last year, she explored every aspect of the hospital’s operation and set out to improve it. The changes instituted by her office of patient experience are making the Cleveland Clinic look and feel more like part of a very customer-service-oriented industry. That's no coincidence, say experts.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/02/cover.htm
15 Feb 2008
Treating acute pain in opioid-experienced patients
Learn best practices for managing acute pain in patients with opioid use disorder, on chronic opioid therapy, and on opioid-agonist therapy.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/06/treating-acute-pain-in-opioid-experienced-patients.htm
15 Jun 2018
IV drug shortages present challenges, opportunities
Hospitals contend with shortages of IV opioids and parenteral solutions, but find silver lining of improved opioid prescribing practices.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/09/iv-drug-shortages-present-challenges-opportunities.htm
15 Sep 2018
June 1, 2022
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/06/01/
Documenting pain
Other than a patient abusing or illegally diverting medications, there are no excuses for failing to provide appropriate medications that will mitigate suffering.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/04/coding.htm
15 Apr 2013
Younger age, other factors associated with new OUD diagnosis after hospitalization
A retrospective cohort study looked at opioid-naive patients who received at least one prescription for an opioid during a surgical or nonsurgical inpatient hospitalization between 2014 and 2017.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/05/25/younger-age-other-factors-associated-with-new-OUD-diagnosis-after-hospitalization.htm
25 May 2022
Prep for periop
Pain, blood pressure, and transfusions are among the topics covered.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/01/conference.htm
15 Jan 2013
Dealing with drug-seeking behavior
Hospitalists must discern true drug-seeking behavior from a straightforward desire for pain relief.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/02/coverstory.htm
15 Feb 2014
Hospitalists weigh ethical, practical impacts of aid-in-dying laws
Early experience with California's End of Life Option Act highlights some of the challenges and concerns with allowing physicians to help seriously ill patients end their lives.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/01/impacts-of-aid-in-dying-laws.htm
15 Jan 2018