Search results for "COPD"
Test yourself: COPD
These cases and commentary, which address COPD, are excerpted from ACP's Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program (MKSAP15).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/03/ty.htm
15 Mar 2011
Pulling it together
Comprehensive COPD care should include standardized diagnosis and treatment, patient education, careful discharge planning and follow-up.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/03/coverstory.htm
15 Mar 2011
Letter from the Editor
This issue contains articles on quality COPD management, virtual patient advocates, and dabigatran versus warfarin, among others.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/03/lfe.htm
15 Mar 2011
Chronic respiratory failure
Chronic respiratory failure is usually recognized by a combination of chronic hypoxemia, hypercapnia and compensatory metabolic alkalosis.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/03/coding.htm
15 Mar 2011
Computers teaching patients
Patients at Boston Medical Center prefer “Louise's” instructions on medication regimens and other aspects of post-discharge care.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/03/computers.htm
15 Mar 2011
Tiotropium reduces risk of moderate, severe COPD exacerbations
The anticholinergic drug tiotropium is superior to the β2-agonist salmeterol as first-line maintenance therapy to prevent exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in patients with moderate to very severe stages, a study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2011/03/30/5.htm
30 Mar 2011
COPD inpatients with pneumonia less likely to die after use of inhaled corticosteroids vs. nonuse
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) inpatients with pneumonia who were treated with inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) had lower short-term mortality than those not treated with ICS, a new analysis found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2011/04/27/1.htm
27 Apr 2011
Asthma pill showed little difference in real-world effectiveness compared to glucocorticoids, LABAs
Leukotriene-receptor antagonists showed little difference in real-world effectiveness, and had better adherence, compared to more commonly recommended treatments, according to a new report of two pragmatic trials.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2011/05/11/3.htm
11 May 2011
Recent Research
Restrictive transfusions, hospice care use, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/05/rr.htm
15 May 2011
Dexamethasone with antibiotics shortens hospital stay for CAP patients
Adding dexamethasone to antibiotic treatment reduced the length of stay by one day for inpatients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), a study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2011/06/08/3.htm
8 Jun 2011