Search results for "Clinical Care"
Natriuretic peptide-guided therapy didn't reduce heart failure hospitalizations or mortality
Patients were randomized to usual care according to guidelines or heart failure therapy titrated to the goal of a target amino-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) level below 1,000 pg/mL.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/08/30/2.htm
30 Aug 2017
Negative, positive vs. even fluid balance may increase long-term mortality risk among critically ill, study finds
Researchers at a single academic center compiled cumulative fluid balances during patients' ICU stays and looked for any association with mortality and renal recovery over the following year.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/05/03/1.htm
3 May 2017
qSOFA identifies highest mortality rates compared to SOFA or SIRS, study finds
Among patients hospitalized with an infection, in-hospital mortality was 9% in those who met systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) criteria, compared to 13% and 23% in those with at least two points on the sepsis-related organ failure assessment (SOFA) and the quick SOFA (qSOFA) scores, respectively.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/03/15/3.htm
15 Mar 2017
Recent Research
Ambulatory ECG monitoring after stroke, benefit of ventilator bundle components, alteplase and long-term survival after ischemic stroke, and more
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/02/recent-research.htm
15 Feb 2017
Getting the most from advanced practice providers
Hospitalists team up with nurse practitioners and physician assistants.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/12/advanced-practice-providers.htm
15 Dec 2016
More crucial coding rules for clinicians
Such topics as the uncertainty rule, signs and symptoms, abnormal findings, and more are covered.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/11/coding-rules-clinicians.htm
15 Nov 2016
In the News
Delayed ICU transfer, updated quality and performance measures for afib, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/10/in-the-news.htm
15 Oct 2016
Beyond the M&M
Hospitals review every death to flag problems, jump-start quality improvement.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/09/morbidity-mortality-conference.htm
15 Sep 2016
Combination treatment for COPD associated with lower rate of exacerbations versus usual care
The industry-funded study evaluated the effectiveness and safety of once-daily treatment with combined fluticasone furoate-vilanterol.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/09/14/4.htm
14 Sep 2016
Connecting the causes and codes for pneumonia
The rules that govern code assignment for pneumonia bear little relationship to long-accepted clinical documentation practices.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/08/coding-pneumonia-causes.htm
15 Aug 2016