Search results for "Procedures"
New guidelines for catheter-associated UTIs
New guidelines for catheter-associated UTIsLarger, for-profit hospitals use feeding tubes more often in some patients
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2010/02/17/1.htm
17 Feb 2010
After heart surgery, greater mortality risk for frail patients
New report assesses health in every U.S. county
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2010/02/24/3.htm
24 Feb 2010
Documenting and billing for critical care services
To avoid rejection of critical care codes, physicians must be familiar with coding definitions, and documentation must reflect the professional services that support the codes.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/03/coding.htm
15 Mar 2010
There is a doctor in the ‘House’
Lisa Sanders, ACP Member, is a technical adviser on the T.V. show “House, M.D.”.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/03/house.htm
15 Mar 2010
Practice airway access and PICC insertion at Internal Medicine 2010
New hands-on training opportunities are ideal for hospitalists.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/03/preview.htm
15 Mar 2010
Letter from the Editor
When clinical guidelines aren't followed, it's tempting to think physicians either don't know them, or lack easy protocols to observe them. In the case of health care-associated pneumonia, however, there may be more to the story.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/03/lfe.htm
15 Mar 2010
Journal watch: Recent studies of note
Recent studies of note.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/03/jw.htm
15 Mar 2010
Test yourself: Pneumonia
The following cases and commentary, which address pneumonia, are excerpted from ACP's Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program (MKSAP14).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/03/ty.htm
15 Mar 2010
Beta-blockers underused before and after cardiac rhythm device procedures
1996 guidelines better than 2005 set for ICU patients with potentially resistant microorganisms
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2010/03/17/3.htm
17 Mar 2010
Many hospitalists don't perform individual ‘core competencies' in a given year
Many hospitalists don't perform individual ‘core competencies' in a given yearShock patients have more arrhythmias with dopamine vs. norepinephrine
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2010/03/17/1.htm
17 Mar 2010