Search results for "Polypharmacy"
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
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
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
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
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
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
Recent Research
Rivaroxaban versus warfarin, postop frailty score, parasitic infections and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/10/rr.htm
15 Oct 2014
Frailty score may help predict postop mortality risk in the elderly
A multidimensional frailty score helped predict postoperative mortality risk in elderly patients, according to a new study.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2014/05/14/3.htm
14 May 2014
Dungeons and doctors
A new way to teach students borrows heavily from a popular game.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/08/newman.htm
15 Aug 2013
MKSAP quiz on delirium
These cases and commentary, which address delirium, are excerpted from ACP's Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program (MKSAP16).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/06/ty.htm
15 Jun 2013