Search results for "geriatrician"
It's just old age—or is it?
How might ageism interfere with a correct diagnosis?.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/05/mindful.htm
15 May 2009
Lost in transition
Medication discrepancies between hospitals and skilled nursing facilities are common. Learn why and what you can do about it.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/09/snf.htm
15 Sep 2009
Journal watch: recent studies of note
Recent studies about pressure stocking use after stroke, hospital-acquired pneumonia, and other topics.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/09/jw.htm
15 Sep 2009
Journal watch: recent studies of note
Recent studies about warfarin use in elderly AF patients, ticagrelor vs. clopidogrel in ACS patients, and other topics.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/12/jw.htm
15 Dec 2009
It takes a community
The Camden Coalition in New Jersey and other health care systems are addressing the problem of hospital readmissions by bringing people together at the local level.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/05/readmissions.htm
15 May 2010
Confusion Assessment Method ranks highest for diagnosing inpatient delirium
Confusion Assessment Method ranks highest for diagnosing inpatient deliriumSurvival benefit seen with combination antibiotics in patients with high death risk
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2010/08/25/1.htm
25 Aug 2010
Patient safety vs. physician frustration: Finding a balance for medication alerts
Warnings in a computerized provider order entry system help alert prescribers to risky drugs for the elderly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/11/qa.htm
15 Nov 2010
ACEing geriatric care
With their special focus, Acute Care for the Elderly (ACE) units have the potential to eliminate many of the issues that make hospitalization more difficult for elderly patients.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/02/coverstory.htm
15 Feb 2011
Journal watch: Recent studies of note
Hospitalists' cost-effectiveness, vasopressin antagonists and hyponatremia, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/02/jw.htm
15 Feb 2011
Recognizing, preventing and treating delirium
If you remember only one thing about treating agitation and delirium in the hospital, it should be to avoid benzodiazepines, said Brian Huang, ACP Member, assistant professor of medicine in the division of hospital medicine at the University of California San Diego, during the hospital medicine precourse at Internal Medicine 2011.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2011/04/13/1.htm
13 Apr 2011