Search results for "Rapid Response"
Trend-based EHR early warning score may help predict inpatient deterioration
Researchers used 43 variables and trends to develop a logistic model and deterioration index that helped predict patient deterioration one hour or more before an adverse event.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/05/12/3.htm
12 May 2021
Outcomes of hospital-level care at home comparable to hospitalization for older adults
A randomized trial of hospital at home found no difference in the proportion of patients who had died or were living at home at six months, although participants who had received care at home were less likely to be in long-term residential care than those who had been hospitalized.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/04/21/3.htm
21 Apr 2021
Latest inpatient COVID-19 research looks at plasma, intubation, delirium, VTE, and more
Recent studies showed that convalescent plasma didn't improve outcomes, a protocol reduced intubation rates, delirium was a common presentation among elderly patients, venous thromboembolism (VTE) was more common in the ICU, and racial disparities persisted after adjustment.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/11/25/2.htm
25 Nov 2020
Step up: Leading in a time of crisis and uncertainty
Initially, I thought I was being forced to see the COVID-19 patients because I was one of the youngest in the department and the unlucky hospital medicine fellow.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/11/step-up.htm
15 Nov 2020
The face of COVID
To me, this was COVID-19 showing its ugly “face” as a formidable virus that is difficult to manage.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/11/the-face-of-covid.htm
15 Nov 2020
August 5, 2020, New York City
My hopes for no new COVID-related admissions are shattered today when the night intern presents a patient, a taxi driver, with a classic pathology.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/11/august-5-2020-nyc.htm
15 Nov 2020
EVALI, rapid response, and more
Research summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/09/in-the-news.htm
15 Sep 2020
Little Red Stethoscope and other tales
Read some hospitalist fables for the modern era.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/09/newmans-notions-little-red-stethoscope-and-other-tales.htm
15 Sep 2020
Spidey sense
A well-developed spidey sense is a valuable tool for hospitalists.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/08/newmans-notions-spidey-sense.htm
15 Aug 2020
The role of telehospitalists in COVID-19 response
Hospitalists caring remotely for New York patients explain their role.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/05/the-role-of-telehospitalists-in-covid-19-response.htm
15 May 2020