Search results for "Dementia"
In the News
Proxies' perceptions about dementia, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/01/itn.htm
15 Jan 2010
MDs phone homes
Among all the advanced technologies available to hospitalists, one of the best tools for helping recently hospitalized patients thrive may be one of the oldest and simplest: the telephone.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/02/phone.htm
15 Feb 2010
New drug approved for Alzheimer's, warnings issued on CT scans, local anesthetics
Warnings, recalls, approvals.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/02/fda.htm
15 Feb 2010
Proposed updates for DSM-5 released
ACP Job Placement Center calls for physician profiles
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2010/02/17/5.htm
17 Feb 2010
After heart surgery, greater mortality risk for frail patients
New report assesses health in every U.S. county
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2010/02/24/3.htm
24 Feb 2010
Inpatient medication: Too much information, or not enough?
A recent study showed that many inpatients don't know what medications they're given in the hospital.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/03/inpatient.htm
15 Mar 2010
Newer assessment tool detects more post-stroke cognitive abnormalities than MMSE
No difference in VAP rates with early vs. late tracheotomy
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2010/05/05/3.htm
5 May 2010
acp-hosp1005:acp-hosp0000
include: alcoholic encephalopathy (includes alcoholic dementia,. excludes Wernicke-Korsakoff) drug-induced delirium hypertensive encephalopathy transient encephalopathy due to dialysis dementia with delirium or delusion or depressed mood. ... specify type of dementia, such as arteriosclerotic, vascular,senile, pre-senile). Alzheimer’s dementia with behavioral disturbanceMajor complications-comorbidities related to altered men-.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/05/acph-201005-coding_t1.pdf
5 May 2010
Documenting altered mental status
When a patient is admitted with an acute change in mental status, the physician should drill down to determine the known or suspected causes of the change.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/05/coding.htm
15 May 2010
In the News
HCAP guidelines, PCI and STEMI, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/05/itn.htm
15 May 2010