Search results for "Dementia"
ED treat-and-release visits for fall associated with stroke risk
Patients were almost three times as likely to have an ED treat-and-release visit for a fall in the 15 days before an ischemic stroke than in a 15-day control period a year earlier, a case-crossover study using data from 10 U.S. states found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/07/24/ed-treat-and-release-visits-for-fall-associated-with-stroke-risk.htm
24 Jul 2024
Surgical, nonsurgical management of hip fracture compared in nursing home residents with advanced dementia
Patients who had been managed surgically had less documented pain and fewer pressure ulcers, but use of antipsychotic drugs and physical restraints did not appear to differ, and few patients in either group remained ambulatory at six months.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/05/16/2.htm
16 May 2018
Baron
A miniature horse can have a large impact.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/07/17/free/baron.htm
17 Jul 2024
Advanced dementia and respiratory failure
A case highlights the importance of addressing prognosis before making care decisions.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/01/31/free/advanced-dementia-and-respiratory-failure.htm
31 Jan 2024
Thick liquid diet may not improve outcomes in patients with dementia, dysphagia
A cohort study found no difference in hospital mortality and higher risk for respiratory complications in patients with Alzheimer disease and related dementias who received a thick versus thin liquid diet.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/05/15/thick-liquid-diet-may-not-improve-outcomes-in-patients-with-dementia-dysphagia.htm
15 May 2024
Dementia
Distinguishing among the causes of dementia—including Alzheimer and Parkinson disease—is a clinical and coding imperative.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/02/09/coding-corner-dementia.htm
9 Feb 2022
Delirium in the hospital may have a dose-response association with dementia
Hospitalized patients with delirium had three times the risk for incident dementia over 5.25 years of follow-up versus those without, and each additional delirium episode was associated with a 20% increase in dementia risk, an Australian study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/04/03/delirium-in-the-hospital-may-have-a-dose-response-association-with-dementia.htm
3 Apr 2024
February 9, 2022
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/02/09/
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
April 3, 2024
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/04/03/