Search results for "Respiratory Failure"
Same hospital, different quality
Medicaid beneficiaries have more patient safety events than privately insured patients at the same facilities. A researcher talks about why that might be and what hospitalists can do.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/12/18/free/same-hospital-different-quality.htm
18 Dec 2024
ICU admission associated with worse outcomes in sepsis, better survival in acute respiratory failure
Patients admitted from the ED to the ICU with sepsis had worse survival and longer length of stay than those admitted to the wards, while patients with acute respiratory failure had better survival in the ICU than on a medical ward, a multicenter study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/12/08/3.htm
8 Dec 2021
Clarifying criteria for acute respiratory failure
The diagnosis of acute respiratory failure is one of those most commonly denied by payers, so understanding the current documentation criteria is crucial.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/03/27/clarifying-criteria-for-acute-respiratory-failure.htm
27 Mar 2024
Score may predict Pneumocystis pneumonia in ICU patients with hematologic malignancies and acute respiratory failure
Factors in the score included age, lymphoproliferative disease, prophylactic treatment, time from onset of respiratory symptoms to ICU admission, shock, chest radiograph pattern, and pleural effusion.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/07/18/4.htm
18 Jul 2018
On to chronic respiratory failure
Distinguish between hypoxemic and hypercapnic chronic respiratory failure and recognize acute-and-chronic respiratory failure.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/06/05/on-to-chronic-respiratory-failure.htm
5 Jun 2024
Predictors of intubation vary by oxygen delivery method in patients with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure
Patients were treated with standard oxygen, high-flow nasal cannula oxygen, or noninvasive ventilation, and overall, 45% required intubation, with signs of persisting or worsening respiratory failure being the most common reason.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/11/15/2.htm
15 Nov 2017
July 2017
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/07/
Preoperative calculator helps spot patients at risk of postoperative respiratory failure
Five preoperative variables can be used to identify patients at higher risk of postoperative respiratory failure, a new study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2011/07/27/2.htm
27 Jul 2011
November 2013
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/11/
October 2013
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/10/