Search results for "Clinical Care"
Cancer's cure is all about the trees
Should we classify cancers by their tissue of origin, or their mutation of origin?.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/10/genomics.htm
15 Oct 2011
Expectations exceed understanding in unraveling the genome
Recently the National Human Genome Research Institute hosted a planning conference to mull over future opportunities and challenges in genomics research.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/03/genomics.htm
15 Mar 2011
An app for delirium
An app, which is now available for free download, enabled nursing assistants, nurses, and hospitalists to screen elderly inpatients for delirium in about a minute.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/03/30/an-app-for-delirium.htm
30 Mar 2022
Video laryngoscope increased success rate of intubation, ED and ICU study finds
A trial was stopped early for efficacy after an interim analysis found that 85.1% of video-laryngoscope intubations were successful on the first attempt compared to 70.8% of those performed with a direct laryngoscope.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/06/21/video-laryngoscope-increased-success-rate-of-intubation-ed-and-icu-study-finds.htm
21 Jun 2023
Talking about COVID-19 with Bob Wachter
ACP Hospitalist recently spoke to Robert Wachter, MD, FACP, about COVID-19 response at the University of California, San Francisco, and in hospitals nationwide.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/04/01/4.htm
1 Apr 2020
Diagnosing pulmonary embolism
Experts offer advice on how to apply the wide variety of available validated scores and algorithms, but also clinical judgment, to find pulmonary embolisms without excessive testing.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/02/23/free/diagnosing-pulmonary-embolism.htm
23 Feb 2022
Top Hospitalists
The 2018 Top Hospitalists issue profiles 10 physicians with very diverse backgrounds and interests.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/11/top-docs.htm
15 Nov 2018
HIV-related admissions declined from 1996 to 2016, but readmission rates were stable
An analysis of patients treated for HIV in North Carolina found that patients who were older or black had higher risk of hospitalization, as did those with more HIV RNA or lower CD4 counts.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/10/30/5.htm
30 Oct 2019
Sex differences prevalent in acute MI presentation and treatment
One recent study looked at outcomes after acute myocardial infarction (MI) in older men compared to women, while another examined the effect of sex-specific diagnostic thresholds for high-sensitivity cardiac troponin I.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/10/23/3.htm
23 Oct 2019
Seeking agreement on SDOH screening
Hospitals struggle with how to handle social determinants of health.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/03/seeking-agreement-on-sdoh-screening.htm
15 Mar 2020