Search results for "Critical Care"
Teleintensivist care didn't reduce ICU length of stay in Brazilian trial
In Brazilian ICUs without an on-site intensivist, an intervention in which a teleintensivist provided daily multidisciplinary rounds, monthly audit and feedback meetings, and evidence-based clinical protocols did not change patient outcomes compared to usual care.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/10/16/teleintensivist-care-didnt-reduce-icu-length-of-stay-in-brazilian-trial.htm
16 Oct 2024
Risk factors known during critical care admission linked to long-term mortality after sepsis
Older age, male sex, presence of one or more severe comorbidities, prehospitalization dependency, and nonsurgical (medical) status were associated with increased risk of long-term mortality.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/06/05/2.htm
5 Jun 2019
August 2, 2023
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/08/02/
Time for change in critical care training, society says
A new white paper from the Society of Critical Care Medicine calls for development of a common critical care medicine examination cosponsored by the medical specialty boards overseeing the subspecialty.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/07/11/4.htm
11 Jul 2018
October 2020
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/10/
Point-of-care and critical care ultrasound—register now for November course
The American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM) and the Wake Forest School of Medicine, in cooperation with ACP, are offering a course called “Point-of-Care and Critical Care Ultrasound, Incorporating Ultrasound in the Practice of Medicine.”
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2015/06/24/5.htm
24 Jun 2015
Be an antiracist hospitalist
A researcher provides insight into some of the problems faced by Black patients in the hospital.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/09/25/be-an-antiracist-hospitalist.htm
25 Sep 2024
Estimates of ICU benefit differ among critical care physicians
Decisions about ICU care may be tied to bed availability, family presence, and patient age, one study found, while another revealed wide variation among states in ICU admissions for Medicare patients.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/10/17/1.htm
17 Oct 2018
August 2012
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/08/
New recommendations on sharing decision making in critical care
Clinicians should be trained in communication skills and shape the decision making process to individual patient preferences, advised the American College of Critical Care Medicine and American Thoracic Society.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2015/11/04/4.htm
4 Nov 2015