Search results for "COPD"
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
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
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
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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
HIV-positive status and AIDS
An AIDS-defining condition takes precedence over CD4+ counts in making the diagnosis.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/02/coding.htm
15 Feb 2014
Low-dose opioids may safely reduce breathlessness in severe COPD
Lower doses of opioids do not appear to increase hospital admissions or death in patients with very severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and may safely reduce breathlessness, according to a new study.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2014/02/12/5.htm
12 Feb 2014
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A typi-cal regimen includes IV albumin in combination with off-label. use of subcutaneous octreotide and oral midodrine (9, 11).Hemodialysis is often problematic in patients with advancedcirrhosis but can
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/02/acph-201402-expert_t1.pdf
3 Feb 2014
Cases from San Francisco General Hospital
Other cases include sulfadiazine-induced crystal nephropathy and a low anion gap.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/01/briefcase.htm
15 Jan 2014
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Treatment with prednisone for presumed COPD exac-erbation was also initiated, and he was transferred to the medi-cine service on hospital day 9 for further evaluation of persistentlactic acidosis (LA).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/01/acph-201401-briefcase_t1.pdf
19 Dec 2013