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PS0600 Rapid Response Team Record
Medication(s):_______________________________________. ___________________________________________________. ___________________________________________________. ___________________________________________________. Other Interventions: (specify)__________________________. ___________________________________________________. ___________________________________________________. ___________________________________________________. Outcome: Stayed in room Transferred to Critical Care Other:______________________
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/11/acph-200811-rescue.pdf
1 May 2006
One-way lung valves may offer hope to patients with severe emphysema
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is the fourth leading cause of death in the U.S. and resulted in 638,000 hospital discharges in 2004, according to the National Center for Health Statistics.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/01/qa.htm
15 Jan 2007
Hospitals put rapid response systems into play
When Kendra K. Kay, ACP Member, joined Howard County General Hospital in Columbia, Md., as the medical director of its hospitalist program, she didn't realize that she and the rest of her hospitalist team were just what the staff developing a rapid response system were waiting for.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/03/rr.htm
15 Mar 2007
MKSAP primer: Mechanical ventilation
Ventilatory failure refers to the inability of the respiratory system to sustain its ventilatory function.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/06/mksap-primer.htm
15 Jun 2007
Aiming for zero
Five years ago, when a surgeon told staff at Evangelical Community Hospital in Lewisburg, Pa., that a central line infection (CLI) could contribute to a patient's death, it made them even more determined to find and resolve the problems—both clinical and cultural—that stood in the way of preventing infections.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/06/aim-zero.htm
15 Jun 2007
Acute ventilatory failure
A 63-year-old woman is evaluated in the emergency department for a three-day history of increasing dyspnea... and other cases.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/06/ventil-failure.htm
15 Jun 2007
More hospitals fight MRSA with universal screening
Some experts believe that screening and isolating patients with MRSA is the best way to control the infection. But are “search and destroy” methods the right call?.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/07/mrsa.htm
15 Jul 2007
Deciding when patients can't
End-of-life considerations for incapacitated patients without surrogates.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/08/end-of-life.htm
15 Aug 2007
Doctor, don't be a hero: Getting VAP to zero takes teamwork
Giving up a little of his traditional role in ventilator-associated pneumonia prevention has paid off in a lighter workload and better patient outcomes for one hospitalist at Bloomington Hospital in Bloomington, Ind.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/09/vap.htm
15 Sep 2007
Diagnosing adrenal insufficiency
Experts debate glucose control in the ICUTesting, steroid use common questions in the ICU.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/09/endo.htm
15 Sep 2007