Search results for "Clinical Medicine"
Manage meds to treat GI bleeding before, after endoscopy
Care of inpatients with GI bleeding is complicated and multidisciplinary, but hospitalists can contribute by starting and stopping the right drugs, according to a speaker at Internal Medicine Meeting 2022.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/05/18/free/manage-meds-to-treat-gi-bleeding-before-after-endoscopy.htm
18 May 2022
Mandates and other questions about vaccination of health care workers
ACP Hospitalist recently spoke to infectious diseases and ethics expert Janet A. Jokela, MD, MPH, FACP, about how health care systems should handle getting their staff vaccinated against COVID-19.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/12/09/2.htm
9 Dec 2020
Diagnosing pulmonary embolism
Experts offer advice on how to apply the wide variety of available validated scores and algorithms, but also clinical judgment, to find pulmonary embolisms without excessive testing.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/02/23/free/diagnosing-pulmonary-embolism.htm
23 Feb 2022
Dementia in the hospital
The pandemic added to the pre-existing systemic and legal challenges clinicians face managing hospitalized patients with dementia and behavioral disturbances.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/02/09/dementia-in-the-hospital.htm
9 Feb 2022
Pandemic pressures on journal publishing
Christine Laine, MD, MPH, FACP, Editor in Chief of Annals of Internal Medicine, recently talked to ACP Hospitalist about how COVID-19 has affected medical journals.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/05/20/3.htm
20 May 2020
Enhancing the inpatient physical exam
Hospitalists debate the pros and cons of performing routine inpatient exams every day and offer their advice for improving how physical exams are taught and practiced.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/03/09/enhancing-the-inpatient-physical-exam.htm
9 Mar 2022
New knowledge on human microbiome begins to impact practice
The first annual Dr. Ananda Prasad Lecture in Physiology highlighted the role of the human microbiome in health and disease.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/04/25/4.htm
25 Apr 2018
When your patient is on dialysis
A nephrologist ran down the initial steps hospitalists should take after admitting a long-term dialysis patient during a lecture at Internal Medicine Meeting 2022.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/05/11/when-your-patient-is-on-dialysis.htm
11 May 2022
Precourse provides pneumonia pearls
An expert reviewed the guidelines and recommendations for antibiotic treatment of pneumonia and encouraged attention to cardiovascular risks.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/04/25/3.htm
25 Apr 2018
Team up to treat opioid addiction
Hospitalists can improve care even without the expertise of an addiction medicine consult service.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/09/team-up-to-treat-opioid-addiction.htm
15 Sep 2021