Search results for "Goals of Care"
Comfort measures only
I will never forget the 56-year-old woman who was admitted to our intermediate care unit with COVID-19 pneumonia.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/11/comfort-measures-only.htm
15 Nov 2020
PE in pregnancy, normal troponins
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/09/recent-research.htm
15 Sep 2019
AHA issues scientific statement on ACS in older patients
The American Heart Association (AHA) provided recommended strategies for managing acute coronary syndrome (ACS) in patients ages 75 years and older.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/12/21/free/aha-issues-scientific-statement-on-acs-in-older-patients.htm
21 Dec 2022
Meet Our 2019 Top Hospitalists
The 2019 Top Hospitalists issue profiles 10 physicians with very diverse backgrounds and interests.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/11/meet-our-top-hospitalists-2019.htm
15 Nov 2019
Advice on the most difficult conversation
Hospitalists often find reasons to avoid asking patients about goals of care.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/10/qa.htm
15 Oct 2013
Ventilation, telehospitalists, and more on COVID-19
This issue offers tools to fight the pandemic, as well as analysis of vitamin C for sepsis and articles on cardiomyopathy.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/05/letter-from-the-editor.htm
15 May 2020
Postoperative function, hip fracture, and more
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/10/recent-research.htm
15 Oct 2018
Too many or too few: Who belongs in the ICU?
Some experts are starting to question how the nation's critical care beds are being used.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/02/coverstory.htm
15 Feb 2013
Back and forth on beta-blockers
Hospitalists are weighing the risks vs. benefits of administering beta-blockers.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/04/betablockers.htm
15 Apr 2017
When physicians and patients disagree
Preserve patient autonomy in difficult situations, including requests for futile care and AMA discharges.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/05/when-physicians-and-patients-disagree.htm
15 May 2019