Search results for "Dementia"
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
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
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
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/
Encephalopathy in 2023
It can be a challenge to distinguish between delirium and acute encephalopathy, and both encephalopathy and delirium should be documented for correct coding.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/01/11/encephalopathy-in-2023.htm
11 Jan 2023
Dementia
Whereas many major neurocognitive disorders may occur in younger people, the term dementia is customarily applied only to older adults.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/07/coding-corner-dementia.htm
15 Jul 2018
Behavioral symptoms associated with poor outcomes in hospitalized patients with dementia
A cross-sectional retrospective study of elderly U.S. inpatients found that behavioral symptoms of dementia were associated with higher in-hospital mortality, longer length of stay, higher rates of 30-day readmission, and lower likelihood of discharge to home.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/08/24/behavioral-symptoms-associated-with-poor-outcomes-in-hospitalized-patients-with-dementia.htm
24 Aug 2022
April 20, 2022
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/04/20/
August 24, 2022
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/08/24/
July 2018
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/07/