Search results for "healthy"
Take a bite out of HAP
Brushing teeth reduces hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP) risk, and changes are needed to make this simple practice happen more regularly in the hospital.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/03/06/free/take-a-bite-out-of-hap.htm
6 Mar 2024
Conservative management appears safe, effective for some cases of spontaneous pneumothorax
Based on this randomized trial and other evidence, a conservative approach should be made available to young, healthy patients with a large primary spontaneous pneumothorax if certain conditions are met, according to an accompanying editorial.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/02/05/4.htm
5 Feb 2020
Babesiosis
An older patient with multiple comorbidities presented with headaches, fevers, myalgias, arthralgias, and some loss of balance.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/12/20/free/babesiosis.htm
20 Dec 2023
An academic time crunch
Academic hospitalists discuss how to find time for education and research as the clinical workload keeps growing.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/01/10/free/an-academic-time-crunch.htm
10 Jan 2024
Research on COVID-19 vaccines' duration, reactions, prioritization
Antibodies persisted six months after vaccination, a graded dosing protocol allowed patients with reactions to a first shot to get a second, and surveyed Americans wanted to prioritize front-line workers and those with chronic conditions for vaccination.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/04/14/1.htm
14 Apr 2021
A job for AI
Experts assess the potential of artificial intelligence (AI) to reduce the burden of documentation and coding.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/11/08/free/a-job-for-ai.htm
8 Nov 2023
Readmission more likely in heart failure patients with low calorie consumption
A small nutrition study found that all of the heart failure inpatients who reported maintaining a low-sodium diet were consuming an insufficient quantity of calories before hospital admission.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/07/15/5.htm
15 Jul 2020
Walk this way
Increasing inpatient mobility is a common goal, but hospitals struggle to make it happen. Experts offer their advice.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/09/27/walk-this-way.htm
27 Sep 2023
Compression garments reduced risk of recurrent cellulitis in adults with chronic edema
A randomized trial, which was stopped early for efficacy, showed that compression therapy plus education on cellulitis prevention resulted in a lower incidence of recurrent cellulitis and cellulitis-related hospitalizations than education alone.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/08/19/4.htm
19 Aug 2020
Risk for poor outcomes may be higher in previously healthy patients hospitalized for sepsis
While 97.4% of patients hospitalized for community-onset sepsis had preexisting comorbid conditions, those who were healthy before admission had higher short-term mortality rates in a recent study.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/01/26/free/risk-for-poor-outcomes-may-be-higher-in-previously-healthy-patients.htm
26 Jan 2022