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Sort by: Relevance | Newest | OldestRacial, ethnic disparities persist in U.S. health care access, spending
Recent studies looked at differences by race and ethnicity in health status and health care access as well as health care spending over time.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/08/25/4.htm
25 Aug 2021
Overnight boarding in the ED linked with worse outcomes among older patients
The mortality rate with an overnight ED stay before admission was 15.7%, compared to 11.1% in patients admitted before midnight in a French study of patients ages 75 years and older. Risk was even higher among those who needed assistance performing daily tasks.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/11/08/overnight-boarding-in-the-ed-linked-with-worse-outcomes-among-older-patients.htm
8 Nov 2023
Review finds uncertain benefit of opioids for treating musculoskeletal pain in ED
Opioids provided statistically but not clinically greater pain relief compared with placebo and paracetamol and were no more effective than some nonopioid options, particularly NSAIDs, according to a meta-analysis.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/10/19/review-finds-uncertain-benefit-of-opioids-for-treating-musculoskeletal-pain-in-ed.htm
19 Oct 2022
Mortality after ED visits declined among Medicare beneficiaries from 2009 to 2016
Rates of 30-day mortality after an ED visit declined among patients admitted to the hospital and those discharged from the ED, and declines were greater for patients seen at teaching, nonprofit, or urban hospitals.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/11/13/1.htm
13 Nov 2019
Transition clinic visit after ED discharge lowered odds of ED revisit, didn't change hospital admissions
The most common type of care provided by a newly established ED care transitions clinic in Chicago was wound care, and wound checks had a higher rate of appointment completion than clinical appointments.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/02/15/transition-clinic-visit-after-ed-discharge-lowered-ed-revisits-didnt-change-hospital-admissions.htm
15 Feb 2023
Cardiac biomarkers may help identify high CV risk in CAP patients
Higher initial levels of cardiovascular proadrenomedullin, proendothelin-1, troponin T, pro B-type natriuretic peptide, and interleukin-6 were associated with cardiovascular (CV) events in patients hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/08/14/2.htm
14 Aug 2019
October 19, 2022
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/10/19/
When readmissions went down, return visits to ED and observation went up
Researchers compared more than 200,000 hospitalizations for acute myocardial infarction, heart failure, or pneumonia in 2009 and 2010 to matched hospitalizations in 2013 and 2014.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/12/06/3.htm
6 Dec 2017
February 15, 2023
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/02/15/
ID specialists in the ED improved care for severe sepsis and septic shock
Having a dedicated ID team provide bedside evaluation within an hour of ED arrival increased compliance with the sepsis bundle and reduced 14-day mortality.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/06/21/3.htm
21 Jun 2017