Search results for "Procedures"
MKSAP quiz on orthopedic comanagement
This month's quiz includes questions from ACP's Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program (MKSAP 18) on orthopedic issues.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/12/mksap-quiz-on-orthopedic-comanagement.htm
15 Dec 2020
The battle against COVID-19
Hospitalists from New York, New Orleans, and Phoenix share their pandemic stories.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/11/the-battle-against-covid-19.htm
15 Nov 2020
Undercurrent
On the busiest days, it seemed the workers were just one room ahead of the next patient coming upstairs from the ER.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/11/undercurrent.htm
15 Nov 2020
A rural COVID-19 response
As we feared, Buena Vista County, Iowa, made headlines in late May and early June with the dubious honor of having the highest new COVID-19 case rate in the nation.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/11/a-rural-response.htm
15 Nov 2020
A collection of individual cases
Cardiac repolarization, Takayasu arteritis, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/11/brief-case-a-collection-of-individual-cases.htm
15 Nov 2020
Study finds race, gender disparities in detection of substance use disorders in inpatients
Detection of alcohol use disorder was more likely among male compared to female patients and among White patients compared to Hispanic and Black patients.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/11/04/3.htm
4 Nov 2020
Use of noninvasive ventilation at end of life rapidly increased in recent years
Among Medicare beneficiaries hospitalized in the last 30 days of life, use of noninvasive ventilation increased ninefold from 2000 to 2017, while use of invasive mechanical ventilation remained relatively stable. Noninvasive ventilation was associated with better end-of-life care measures.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/10/28/3.htm
28 Oct 2020
Work hours, cardiac rehab, and more
Research summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/10/in-the-news.htm
15 Oct 2020
Syncope, sepsis resuscitation, and more
Research summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/10/recent-research.htm
15 Oct 2020
Obesity
Differing definitions of obesity categories can complicate documentation.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/10/coding-corner-obesity.htm
15 Oct 2020