Search results for "Perspectives"
Responding to patients' strong emotions
Physicians are skilled at providing medical information but sometimes hesitate to address the emotion that might arise as a result.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/07/responding-to-patients-strong-emotions.htm
15 Jul 2021
Racism in the record?
Two authors discuss their recent study finding that Black patients were twice as likely as White patients to be described with negative words in their history and physical notes, particularly in inpatient records.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/02/16/free/racism-in-the-record.htm
16 Feb 2022
Age associated with risk for death in ICU survivors
A French study found that mortality risk after ICU discharge increased progressively across all age strata, with a sharp increase in those ages 80 years and older, but excess long-term mortality was highest in younger, not elderly, patients.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/05/15/4.htm
15 May 2019
Finding new ways to teach procedures
Simulation is part of the current model for procedure training.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/08/finding-new-ways-to-teach-procedures.htm
15 Aug 2020
APPs key to pandemic planning
Advanced practice providers (APPs) shifted roles in preparation for a COVID-19 surge.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/08/perspectives-apps-key-to-pandemic-planning.htm
15 Aug 2020
Sepsis, cardiac arrest, and more
Research summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/12/in-the-news.htm
15 Dec 2020
Training meets pandemic
Academic medicine adapted rapidly to COVID-19.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/08/training-meets-pandemic.htm
15 Aug 2020
Stopping the cycle of C. diff
Microbiota therapies offer exciting potential to reduce the burden of recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection, experts say.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/02/08/free/stopping-the-cycle-of-c-diff.htm
8 Feb 2023
Project honoring ICU patients' dying wishes was affordable, sustainable
The 3 Wishes Project fulfilled 3,325 requests of dying patients and their families, ranging from live musical performances to pet visitation, at four ICUs in the U.S. and Canada.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/11/13/4.htm
13 Nov 2019
May issue online and in the mail
This issue offers predictions about the future of hospital medicine and conference coverage from Hospital Medicine 2019.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/05/15/5.htm
15 May 2019