Search results for "Procedures"
AGS advises on making treatment decisions for unrepresented older adults
A position statement from the American Geriatrics Society (AGS) includes policy recommendations and clinical advice for older patients who lack decisional capacity to provide informed consent for a specific medical treatment, who have no advance directive and lack capacity to create one, and who have no surrogate decision-maker.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/12/11/ags-advises-on-making-treatment-decisions-for-unrepresented-older-adults.htm
11 Dec 2024
Antiplatelet therapy linked to increased risk of post-pleural procedure bleeding
Although patients on antiplatelet therapy were at increased risk of bleeding, including serious bleeding, during the 24 hours following a bedside pleural procedure compared with controls, rates of bleeding and severe bleeding were low, a French study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/12/16/2.htm
16 Dec 2020
OrthoCoin
A dystopian satire predicts the future physician reimbursement system.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/12/04/orthocoin.htm
4 Dec 2024
Complications rare but potentially serious after pleural procedures
A narrative review looked at complications related to thoracocentesis, intercostal drains, indwelling pleural catheters, and local anesthetic thoracoscopy.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/12/15/3.htm
15 Dec 2021
Procedures for saving the planet
An internal medicine team redesigned their procedure cart and halved the waste produced by bedside procedures.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/11/13/free/procedures-for-saving-the-planet.htm
13 Nov 2024
Infective endocarditis risk increased after many types of medical procedures
The findings could warrant reconsideration of prophylactic antibiotics for some patients, according to the study authors, who also called for assessment of the costs and benefits of elective procedures for patients at high risk of endocarditis.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/06/13/2.htm
13 Jun 2018
Finding new ways to teach procedures
Simulation is part of the current model for procedure training.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/08/finding-new-ways-to-teach-procedures.htm
15 Aug 2020
Nearly all deaths related to noncardiac procedures occur after surgery, study finds
About 45% of deaths that occurred in the 30 days after noncardiac surgery were associated with three complications: major bleeding, myocardial injury, and sepsis.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/08/07/3.htm
7 Aug 2019
July 26, 2023
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/07/26/
SHM issues recommendations on ultrasound guidance for vascular access procedures
The 29 new recommendations from the Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM) cover preprocedure steps, procedure techniques, postprocedure care, and training.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/09/18/1.htm
18 Sep 2019