Search results for "Goals of Care"
May 31, 2023
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/05/31/
Goal-concordant care frequently not provided for sepsis patients, even when documented
In a retrospective study, 60% of patients who had survived sepsis did not have goals of care assessed before hospital discharge, and among those who did, 32% did not receive goal-concordant care.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/10/27/3.htm
27 Oct 2021
Goals of care
The family confirmed that she was indeed a full code because she did not want to die of COVID.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/11/goals-of-care.htm
15 Nov 2020
Surviving Sepsis Campaign releases updated guidelines for hospitalized adults
Topics covered among the 93 recommendations include screening and early treatment of sepsis, hemodynamic management, ventilation, additional therapies, and long-term outcomes and goals of care. Changes include which sepsis risk scores are recommended.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/10/20/2.htm
20 Oct 2021
Stuck in the hospital
Delayed discharges of medically stable patients are a problem that's not going away.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/09/18/stuck-in-the-hospital.htm
18 Sep 2024
Hospitalists tackle trauma
A geriatric trauma service staffed by hospitalists filled a gap in care for older patients who had been injured.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/11/06/hospitalists-tackle-trauma.htm
6 Nov 2024
More data on risk factors for poor COVID-19 outcomes, mixed results from treatment trials
A risk calculator, genetic findings, and red blood cell distribution width helped predict severity of and death from COVID-19. Tocilizumab showed benefit, but a number of other treatments, including CPR, did not, according to recent research.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/09/30/1.htm
30 Sep 2020
Expediting ED-to-hospice transitions
A program doubled the percentage of appropriate patients who transitioned to hospice within 96 hours of presenting to the ED, improving alignment with goals for end-of-life care.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/10/09/expediting-ed-to-hospice-transitions.htm
9 Oct 2024
Automated alert increased documented goals-of-care conversations
Emailing primary hospital team members about their older or seriously ill patients' current code status with suggested language about goals of care had a particularly large effect on whether these conversations occurred with patients of minoritized race or ethnicity, a trial found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/05/31/automated-alert-increased-documented-goals-of-care-conversations.htm
31 May 2023
New American Heart Association framework for referring patients to advanced HF centers
The first step is to identify whether the patient has clinical signs and symptoms consistent with advanced heart failure (HF), including recurrent hospitalizations, and the second is to assess the likelihood of benefit from referral to an advanced HF center.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/09/22/4.htm
22 Sep 2021