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Sepsis and other inpatient emergencies
An intensivist offered hot tips for hospitalists during a precourse at Internal Medicine Meeting 2024.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/04/24/sepsis-and-other-inpatient-emergencies.htm
24 Apr 2024
Pulmonary rehabilitation associated with fewer readmissions for COPD patients
Only 1.5% of studied patients began pulmonary rehabilitation within 90 days of discharge from a hospitalization for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), but their rate of readmission within a year was 56.4%, compared to 64.6% in patients who did not begin rehab.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/07/28/3.htm
28 Jul 2021
Educational reminders by mail and phone increased uptake of cardiac rehab after MI
While an educational intervention increased the odds that patients would complete cardiac rehabilitation after a myocardial infarction (MI) compared with usual care, it did not affect adherence to cardiac medications, a Canadian trial found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/06/17/4.htm
17 Jun 2020
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/
Educational video at discharge after COPD exacerbation didn't improve rehab participation
Patients in a randomized trial were assigned to receive usual care, defined as a discharge bundle for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) that included written information about pulmonary rehab, or usual care plus the video, which was viewed on a handheld tablet at discharge.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/03/25/3.htm
25 Mar 2020
July 2016
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/07/
Pulmonary rehabilitation within 90 days of discharge for COPD linked to lower mortality
Although an analysis of Medicare fee-for-service data from 2014 found significant benefits to pulmonary rehab within 90 days of discharge after a hospitalization for COPD, it also revealed that only 1.5% of studied patients received this care.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/05/20/6.htm
20 May 2020
December 2010
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/12/
Study links cardiac rehab after acute MI with lower mortality but not improved health outcomes
Cardiac rehab participants and nonparticipants both experienced improvements in health status outcomes in the 12 months after discharge, but there were no clinical differences between groups in the mean scores on both survey instruments.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/11/02/5.htm
2 Nov 2016
May 2013
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/05/