Search results for "Disabilities"
October 12, 2022
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/10/12/
Patients with interhospital stroke transfers had higher mortality, more severe disability than front-door patients
The differing characteristics of patients who are transferred should be accounted for in the quality measurements of receiving hospitals, the study authors suggested.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/09/12/3.htm
12 Sep 2018
December 2014
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/12/
Endovascular thrombectomy reduced disability when given within 7 hours of symptoms
The odds of a stroke patient who received thrombectomy in addition to medical therapy having better function at 90 days than a patient who received medical therapy alone decreased the longer the patient spent between symptom onset and arterial puncture.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/10/05/2.htm
5 Oct 2016
Remembering, and respecting, the most vulnerable
Hospitals seek to improve care for patients with intellectual, developmental disabilities.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/12/disabilities.htm
15 Dec 2014
Thrombolysis seems safe in patients with preexisting disability
Stroke patients with preexisting disability don't appear to have a higher risk of symptomatic intracranial hemorrhage after thrombolysis, a study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2014/02/12/3.htm
12 Feb 2014
Recurrent TIA and minor stroke associated with resulting disabilities, study finds
A detailed prospective study of transient ischemic attacks (TIAs) and minor stroke found 15% of patients were disabled at 90 days, even though most of them did not have a recurrent event.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2012/09/26/6.htm
26 Sep 2012
Patient-reported behavioral, economic factors predict mortality after cardiac hospitalization
Patients who reported being unemployed, retired, or unable to work due to disability at discharge from a cardiovascular hospitalization were significantly more likely to die during three-year follow up, a single-center study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/04/10/patient-reported-behavioral-economic-factors-predict-mortality-after-cardiac-hospitalization.htm
10 Apr 2024
IDSA guidelines aim to reduce death, disability and cost of prosthetic joint infections
Multispecialty physician teams need to work together to reduce disability, death and costs associated with the ever-growing number of prosthetic joint infections, according to the first guidelines on the topic by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2012/12/12/4.htm
12 Dec 2012
April 10, 2024
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/04/10/