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Recognizing, preventing and treating delirium
If you remember only one thing about treating agitation and delirium in the hospital, it should be to avoid benzodiazepines, said Brian Huang, ACP Member, assistant professor of medicine in the division of hospital medicine at the University of California San Diego, during the hospital medicine precourse at Internal Medicine 2011.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2011/04/13/1.htm
13 Apr 2011
Keeping an eye—and ear—out for sleep apnea
Ignoring sleep apnea is done at the patient's peril.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/04/apnea.htm
15 Apr 2011
Letter from the Editor
This issue examines the “July effect,” readmission prevention, blood glucose management, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/04/lfe.htm
15 Apr 2011
Guidelines for preventing delirium offered by U.K. experts
Guidelines for preventing delirium in inpatients have been developed by the British National Clinical Guideline Centre, and a synopsis of them was published in the June 7 Annals of Internal Medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2011/06/08/4.htm
8 Jun 2011
Sleepless in the hospital: Our own default
Patients should not be disturbed in the middle of the night unless it is medically necessary.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/06/perspectives.htm
15 Jun 2011
Model finds 14 COPD symptoms that identify exacerbations
Fourteen symptoms, which can be described in patients' daily diaries, provide a new model for quantifying exacerbations in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2011/06/15/3.htm
15 Jun 2011
Recognizing, preventing and treating delirium
A large proportion of inpatients have delirium, but in most, it goes unrecognized.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/06/delirium.htm
15 Jun 2011
Letter from the Editor
This issue discusses partial DNRs and includes extensive coverage from Internal Medicine 2011, held this April in San Diego.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/06/lfe.htm
15 Jun 2011
First call: 1985
Our editorial advisor remembers his first night on call.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/07/newman.htm
15 Jul 2011
Preoperative calculator helps spot patients at risk of postoperative respiratory failure
Five preoperative variables can be used to identify patients at higher risk of postoperative respiratory failure, a new study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2011/07/27/2.htm
27 Jul 2011