Search results for "Palliative Care"
ACC and AHA update performance measures for STEMI and NSTEMI
The update has 17 performance measures, including four new ones, and seven quality measures, all of them new.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/09/27/2.htm
27 Sep 2017
Mortality by hospitalist age, NOACs in kidney disease, and more
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/09/in-the-news.htm
15 Sep 2017
Do you know your core competencies?
Satyen Nichani, MD, ACP Member, explains the Society of Hospital Medicine's recently updated Core Competencies in Hospital Medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/07/qa-core-competencies.htm
15 Jul 2017
Say no to antipsychotics and bed alarms for older patients
Some well-intentioned but misguided interventions may harm geriatric inpatients more than they help.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/07/inpatient-interventions-for-older-patients.htm
15 Jul 2017
Specialist palliative care services linked with small positive effect on quality of life
The effect of palliative care on quality of life appeared to be more pronounced for patients with cancer and for those who received palliative care early, according to the review and meta-analysis.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/07/12/4.htm
12 Jul 2017
When it's OK to give opioids
Although opioids are often dangerous, they can be the best option for patients with advanced cancer.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/06/opioids.htm
15 Jun 2017
When physician becomes patient
Lucy Kalanithi, MD, FACP, discusses “When Breath Becomes Air.”
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/06/physician-becomes-patient.htm
15 Jun 2017
Nurses, but not family, found that quality of life program helped dying elderly patients
The Belgian study provided staff on acute geriatrics wards with a care guide for last days of life, training, supportive documentation, and a guide for implementation.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/05/24/4.htm
24 May 2017
Finding a friend for unbefriended patients
Hospitalists can help the most vulnerable.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/05/unbefriended-patients.htm
15 May 2017
Studies on bedside lung ultrasound, preoperative frailty screening, and more
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/05/recent-research.htm
15 May 2017