Search results for "Palliative Care"
Study identifies potential predictors of hospital-onset C. difficile infection
In patients colonized with Clostridioides difficile, risk factors for infection included longer length of stay, exposure to multiple classes of antibiotics, use of opioids, and cirrhosis, whereas use of laxatives was associated with a lower risk.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/07/17/1.htm
17 Jul 2019
Hospitalizations common near the end of life in heart failure patients
More than half (64%) of hospitalizations during the last year of heart failure patients' lives were for noncardiovascular causes, a Danish registry study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/06/26/3.htm
26 Jun 2019
Top 10 medical myths, busted
Hospitalists should be a little more tentative about these tenets.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/06/im-top-10-medical-myths-busted.htm
15 Jun 2019
A systemwide approach to end-of-life care
One health system developed an advance directive toolkit for patients and communication training for clinicians.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/02/qa-a-systemwide-approach-to-end-of-life-care.htm
15 Feb 2019
Penicillin allergies, end-of-life care
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/11/in-the-news.htm
15 Nov 2018
Palliative care guidelines updated with increased focus on collaboration, communication
The guidelines from the National Consensus Project for Quality Palliative Care focus on two main concepts: that palliative care is inclusive of all people with serious illness and that timely consideration of palliative care is the responsibility of all who care for the seriously ill.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/11/07/4.htm
7 Nov 2018
Postoperative function, hip fracture, and more
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/10/recent-research.htm
15 Oct 2018
IV drug shortages present challenges, opportunities
Hospitals contend with shortages of IV opioids and parenteral solutions, but find silver lining of improved opioid prescribing practices.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/09/iv-drug-shortages-present-challenges-opportunities.htm
15 Sep 2018
Talking about distress and prognosis at ASCO
Physician-patient communication needs improvement and attention, according to experts at the American Society of Clinical Oncology's annual meeting.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/08/talking-about-distress-and-prognosis-at-asco.htm
15 Aug 2018
Fewer Medicare beneficiaries dying in the hospital, but ICU use at end of life still common
The retrospective cohort study included a 20% random sample of Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries who died in 2000, 2005, 2009, 2011, or 2015.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/07/04/1.htm
4 Jul 2018