Search results for "Procedures"
June 2015
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/06/
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
November 9, 2022
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/11/09/
Drug may reduce transfusions but increase thrombosis in liver disease patients having elective invasive procedures
Eltrombopag, an oral thrombopoietin-receptor agonist, may reduce the need for platelet transfusions in patients with thrombocytopenia and chronic liver disease who are undergoing invasive elective procedures but is associated with an increased incidence of portal-vein thrombosis, according to a new industry-funded study.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2012/08/29/3.htm
29 Aug 2012
February 15, 2023
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/02/15/
Specialty organizations highlight tests and procedures to rethink
Several medical organizations last week released lists of tests or procedures which might be overused in clinical practice, as part of the Choosing Wisely initiative of the American Board of Internal Medicine Foundation.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2013/02/27/5.htm
27 Feb 2013
March 9, 2022
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/03/09/
Adding up adverse events
Patient safety experts talk about the latest data and what hospitalists can do to improve them.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/06/07/adding-up-adverse-events.htm
7 Jun 2023
September 20, 2023
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/09/20/
Review offers four recommendations to improve hospitalists' procedural competency
While no convincing data suggested that bedside procedures performed by procedural specialists have better outcomes than those done by well-trained hospitalists, increased referrals and a lack of standardized training or assessment have led to decreasing procedural competency, a literature review found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/03/24/2.htm
24 Mar 2021