Search results for "COPD"
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If we just start focusing in on heart failure,diabetes, COPD and pneumonia, we are missing all of these extreme-ly needy patients,” she said.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/03/acph-201403-readmission_t2.pdf
28 Feb 2014
New drugs for type 2 diabetes and COPD
Details on the latest recalls, warnings, and label changes, as well as drug and device approvals.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/03/fda.htm
15 Mar 2014
Medicare readmission penalties examined
Advice is given on how hospitals and clinicians can avoid the pitfalls of the penalty program, and how policymakers could change it to operate more effectively.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/03/readmission.htm
15 Mar 2014
Tips to make the most difficult conversation easier
Hospitalists may be best positioned to introduce patients to palliative care and/or hospice options.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/05/palliative-care-conversations.htm
15 May 2014
Order sets for COPD inpatients improved steroid dosing
Electronic order sets helped lower the dosage of corticosteroids given to inpatients with acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, bringing doses more in line with clinical guidelines, a study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2014/06/18/5.htm
18 Jun 2014
New skin antibiotic, diabetes drug, and LABA
Details on the latest recalls, warnings, and label changes, as well as approvals.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/10/fda.htm
15 Oct 2014
Inpatients with COPD exacerbations have better outcomes with noninvasive than invasive mechanical ventilation
Inpatients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbations who received noninvasive ventilation (NIV) had better outcomes than those who received invasive mechanical ventilation (IMV), a study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2014/11/05/3.htm
5 Nov 2014
Recent Research
HCAHPS scores, order sets for COPD inpatients, warfarin in brain injury patients, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/11/rr.htm
15 Nov 2014
Emphysema on CT may be an important independent risk factor for death
Emphysema found on computed tomography (CT) was associated with an increased risk for mortality among people without airflow obstruction or chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD), a study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2014/12/17/4.htm
17 Dec 2014
Encephalopathy
Clinicians often struggle with the distinction between delirium and encephalopathy.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/01/coding.htm
15 Jan 2015