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For new hospitalists, the right job means the right mix
Practice size, service time and vacation are top considerations.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/06/newhospitalists.htm
15 Jun 2011
Test yourself: stroke
A 71-year-old man presents to the emergency department at the instruction of his primary care physician... and other cases.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/04/stroke.htm
15 Apr 2007
Opioid management, constipation key challenges in cancer pain
Adding methadone to opioids can help with intractable pain.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/10/conference01.htm
15 Oct 2013
Studies assess responses, reactions to vaccines; long-term effects of COVID-19 infection
Recent COVID-19 vaccine studies showed good response in pregnant women, as well as possible localized rashes from the Moderna vaccine. Analyses of ICU patients and those treated at a post-COVID-19 clinic highlighted the long-term effects of the virus, and a study found that dialysis patients maintained antibodies six months after COVID-19 infection.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/05/19/2.htm
19 May 2021
Isolation intensifies ICU impacts
The senior author of a recent study discusses the potential link between social isolation and increased disability and mortality after hospitalization for a critical illness, and what this might mean in the era of COVID-19.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/03/30/free/isolation-intensifies-icu-impacts.htm
30 Mar 2022
Stroke transitional care model not effective in real-world practice
The primary outcome, functional status at 90 days, did not differ in acute stroke patients assigned to receive transitional care management and those assigned to usual care.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/06/10/5.htm
10 Jun 2020
Journal watch: recent studies of note
Recent studies about methylprednisolone, fenoldopam, stroke patients, and other topics.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/07/journal-watch.htm
15 Jul 2007
Studies analyze rise in infective endocarditis hospitalizations related to drug use
One recent study found an increase since 2008 in the hospitalization rate for stroke associated with infective endocarditis and opioid use, while another compared outcomes of infective endocarditis among patients who inject drugs versus those who do not.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/02/06/3.htm
6 Feb 2019
Dementia in the hospital
The pandemic added to the pre-existing systemic and legal challenges clinicians face managing hospitalized patients with dementia and behavioral disturbances.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/02/09/dementia-in-the-hospital.htm
9 Feb 2022
Recommendations offered for medical centers on managing patient bias
Many medical centers lack an organizational approach for addressing inappropriate or demeaning patient conduct toward clinicians based on their social identity, according to a recent article.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/07/15/6.htm
15 Jul 2020