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Delirium in the hospital may have a dose-response association with dementia
Hospitalized patients with delirium had three times the risk for incident dementia over 5.25 years of follow-up versus those without, and each additional delirium episode was associated with a 20% increase in dementia risk, an Australian study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/04/03/delirium-in-the-hospital-may-have-a-dose-response-association-with-dementia.htm
3 Apr 2024
Chest radiography not needed in first month after CAP diagnosis
Additional lots of clevidipine butyrate injectable emulsion recalledBoxed warning for clopidogrel: reduced effects for certain patients
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2010/03/24/4.htm
24 Mar 2010
April 3, 2024
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/04/03/
New guideline advises diagnoses, referrals, treatments for supraventricular tachycardia
Among other goals, the guideline aims to aid clinicians to help patients differentiate between SVT and other disorders, such as panic attack and chest pain, as well as shortness of breath and syncope or near syncope, which may cause similar symptoms.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2015/09/30/4.htm
30 Sep 2015
A collection of individual cases
Hypercalcemia of malignancy, euglycemic diabetic ketoacidosis, VTE in Klinefelter syndrome, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/11/brief-case-a-collection-of-individual-cases.htm
15 Nov 2017
Cranial nerve III palsy
A patient with kidney disease and diabetes presented with diplopia and severe left-sided ptosis.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/12/07/free/brief-case-cranial-nerve-III-palsy.htm
7 Dec 2022
Start at the top to get to the bottom of a diagnosis
Our columnists explain the “top downâ€ï¿½ or “working forwardâ€ï¿½ approach.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/07/mindful.htm
15 Jul 2009
Good news on IL-6 inhibitors for COVID-19, bad news on other drugs, effects of surge
The NIH updated its guidelines; recent research looked at interleukin-6 (IL-6) inhibitors, ivermectin, remdesivir, and hydroxychloroquine in COVID-19; and one study estimated that 23.2% of inpatient COVID-19 deaths last spring and summer could relate to hospital strain.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/07/14/1.htm
14 Jul 2021
Cases from the Medical College of Wisconsin
Cases of pheochromocytoma, Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/03/brief-case-from-the-medical-college-of-wisconsin.htm
15 Mar 2020
The vaping injury outbreak
Hospital physicians who saw early cases of lung injuries describe their experiences.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/03/the-vaping-injury-outbreak.htm
15 Mar 2020