Search results for "Chronic Disease"
In the News
CDC reports sharp rise in kidney disease hospitalizations.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/06/itn.htm
15 Jun 2008
Windshield time and North Dakota nice
Despite having one of the country's lowest reimbursement rates, North Dakota offers above average scores on access, quality, utilization, equity and health outcomes in recent rankings.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/11/dakota.htm
15 Nov 2008
MKSAP quiz on mechanical ventilation
This month's quiz includes questions from ACP's Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program (MKSAP 18) on mechanical ventilation.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/05/mksap-quiz-on-mechanical-ventilation.htm
15 May 2020
4 ACP Hospitalist • November 2018 coding corner Defining ...
The GLIM etiology criteria for acute disease/injury include con-firmation of severe systemic inflammation, in contrast to ASPEN. ... 2. Inflammation Chronic disease, or acute disease/injury with severe systemic inflammation, or socioeconomic/environmental starvation.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/11/acph-201811-coding-corner-new-global-definition-for-malnutrition_t2.pdf
31 Oct 2018
Care transitions, hypertension, and more
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/02/in-the-news.htm
15 Feb 2019
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Hematologic: Leukopenia, anemia of chronic disease,thrombocytopenia, pancytopenia. Endocrine: Euthyroid sick syndrome, amenorrhea/irregu-lar menses, lack of libido, cold intolerance,osteopenia/osteoporosis, hot flashes. ... Patients with chronic emesis and use of cathartics presentwith classic metabolic disturbance: hypokalemia, hypo chloremia,and metabolic alkalosis.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/09/acph-201109-focus_t3.pdf
7 Sep 2011
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in 2007. Diabetes Care. 2008;31:596-615. [PMID:18308683]. 2. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. ... Hyperglycaemia is associated with poor out-comes in patients admitted to hospital with acute exacerbationsof chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/12/acph-200912-hyperglycemia.pdf
23 Nov 2009
Risk adjustment, costs of care
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/03/in-the-news.htm
15 Mar 2019
Seeing readmissions from the patient's point of view
Researchers begin to investigate patient-reported outcomes.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/09/patient-readmissions.htm
15 Sep 2015
Fighting the subconscious biases that lead to health care disparities
Physicians work to identify and respond to their own biases.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/01/bias-and-disparities.htm
15 Jan 2016