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MKSAP quiz on pressure ulcers and pain
This month's quiz includes questions from ACP's Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program (MKSAP 17) on pressure ulcers and pain management.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/06/mksap-quiz-on-pressure-ulcers-and-pain.htm
15 Jun 2018
Factor frailty into preop assessment
Frailty should be assessed along with baseline cognition, risk for delirium, functional status, nutritional status, and, in particular, patients' treatment goals and expectations, an expert said.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/04/25/1.htm
25 Apr 2018
Clinicians dive into hospital design
Researchers from health care and design backgrounds have been increasingly focusing on how the layout and allocation of space in hospitals can promote the well-being of both patients and clinicians.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/04/clinicians-dive-into-hospital-design.htm
15 Apr 2018
Caring for sepsis survivors
Risks of sepsis, including mortality, functional and cognitive impairment, and mental health problems, continue long after discharge.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/04/caring-for-sepsis-survivors.htm
15 Apr 2018
Preventing physician suicide
New efforts seek to reduce stigma among clinicians about mental illness and treatment.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/03/preventing-physician-suicide.htm
15 Mar 2018
Frail elderly, Enterobacteriaceae infections, and more
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/03/recent-research.htm
15 Mar 2018
Cases from the Kaiser Permanente Santa Rosa Medical Center
Infective endocarditis, milk-alkali syndrome, and multiple myeloma.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/03/brief-case-kaiser-permanente-santa-rosa-medical-center.htm
15 Mar 2018
Negative high-sensitivity troponin T assays in ED may help avoid unnecessary admissions
Patients with symptoms of acute coronary syndrome but two negative high-sensitivity troponin T assays were unlikely to have adverse cardiovascular events in the next 30 days.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/12/20/1.htm
20 Dec 2017
Report from Puerto Rico
José Lozada, MD, FACP, ACP Governor for the Puerto Rico chapter, described medical practice after Hurricane Maria.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/12/qa-report-from-puerto-rico.htm
15 Dec 2017
New, stronger MRI approved
Details on the latest warnings, recalls, and approvals.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/12/fda-update-new-stronger-mri-approved.htm
15 Dec 2017