Search results for "Clinical Care"
January 2014
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/01/
Meth-associated HF hospitalizations, costs rose sharply in recent years
From 2008 to 2018 in California, hospitalizations for methamphetamine-associated cardiomyopathy/heart failure (HF) increased by 585%, leading study authors to call for a “public health and clinical care response campaign to combat this multifaceted, fast-moving epidemic.”
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/07/21/4.htm
21 Jul 2021
November 2013
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/11/
Midline catheters may be safer than PICCs for short-term use
A retrospective cohort study found use of a peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) for difficult vascular access or for IV antibiotic therapy for 30 days or less was associated with higher risk for a bloodstream infection or occlusion than a midline catheter.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/12/08/2.htm
8 Dec 2021
October 2013
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/10/
POCUS increased safety of paracentesis in patients with ascites, trainee study finds
Use of point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) before paracentesis significantly changed the needle insertion location in two-thirds of studied cases, and six procedures were cancelled based on POCUS findings.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/08/11/3.htm
11 Aug 2021
Critical care experts propose expanding definition of ARDS
The 2012 Berlin definition of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) should be revised to accommodate the increasing use of high-flow nasal oxygen, among other changes, an expert panel recommended.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/08/02/critical-care-experts-propose-expanding-definition-of-ards.htm
2 Aug 2023
Discharge of heart failure patients to settings not recommended by therapists linked to increased readmission risk
Patients hospitalized with congestive heart failure who were discharged to a less intensive postacute setting than that recommended by physical and occupational therapists were more likely to be readmitted within 30 days than those discharged according to recommendations.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/08/04/2.htm
4 Aug 2021
ACP advises on improving transitions of care
The authors of a recent College policy paper talked about how patients can be handed off more safely.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/05/10/acp-advises-on-improving-transitions-of-care.htm
10 May 2023
Education, feedback for clinicians did not affect inpatient or postdischarge heart failure outcomes
An intervention targeting hospital clinicians had no significant effect on time to first heart failure rehospitalization or death or quality-of-care scores among patients discharged after hospitalization for acute heart failure with reduced ejection fraction, a recent trial found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/08/04/3.htm
4 Aug 2021