Search results for "Polypharmacy"
Recent Research
Rivaroxaban versus warfarin, postop frailty score, parasitic infections and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/10/rr.htm
15 Oct 2014
Simulation and reality
The author recounts his mother's career as a simulated patient.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/12/newman.htm
15 Dec 2014
Vote for your favorite entry
ACP Hospitalist Weekly's cartoon caption contest continues. Readers can vote for their favorite caption to determine the winner.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2015/02/04/5.htm
4 Feb 2015
And the winner is …
ACP Hospitalist Weekly has tallied the voting from its latest cartoon contest, where readers are invited to match wits against their peers to provide the most original and amusing caption.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2015/02/11/5.htm
11 Feb 2015
Optimizing heart failure medications at discharge
Guidelines, nonadherence, interactions, and transitions make for tricky balance.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/02/heart-failure-medications-discharge.htm
15 Feb 2016
The revolving door of opioid overdose
Experts offer advice on prescribing for patients who've overdosed.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/03/opioid-overdose.htm
15 Mar 2016
When less is more: De-prescribing medications
The what, why, and how of taking patients off their drugs.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/05/deprescribing-hospitalist.htm
15 May 2016
A prescription for medication errors
A simplified approach to medication adherence could lead to better outcomes, according to two physicians who propose steps for clinicians and the health care system to prevent adverse medication events.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/03/perspectives-prescription-for-medication-errors.htm
15 Mar 2018
Med rec can help curb ‘epidemic’ of adverse drug events
The problem affects 5% to 40% of hospitalized patients and 12% to 17% in the 30 days after discharge, an expert said.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/07/med-rec-can-help-curb-epidemic-of-adverse-drug-events.htm
15 Jul 2018
More medications in advanced life-limiting illness can lower quality of life, increase symptom burden
Polypharmacy may be particularly burdensome near the end of life as patients accumulate medications to treat and prevent multiple diseases.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/02/13/4.htm
13 Feb 2019