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Recent Research
HIV screening recommendations, perioperative SSRI risks, anticoagulants and endocarditis, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/07/rr.htm
15 Jul 2013
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
How much work is too much?
Researchers are working to identify the effects of heavy workload on hospitalists and their care.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/08/10/free/how-much-work-is-too-much.htm
10 Aug 2022
Teams that don't burn out
Supporting consistent hospital medicine teams may be a key to preventing burnout, according to a researcher studying physician and nurse perspectives.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/09/28/teams-that-dont-burn-out.htm
28 Sep 2022
ICU schedule simulation finds increased continuity, time off with shared service
Under the shared schedule, four ICU attendings shared the majority of day and night service for two teams over two weeks, and under the standard schedule, the same attending covered days for seven consecutive days, and off-service attendings cross-covered each night.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/04/12/4.htm
12 Apr 2017
Overnight boarding in the ED linked with worse outcomes among older patients
The mortality rate with an overnight ED stay before admission was 15.7%, compared to 11.1% in patients admitted before midnight in a French study of patients ages 75 years and older. Risk was even higher among those who needed assistance performing daily tasks.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/11/08/overnight-boarding-in-the-ed-linked-with-worse-outcomes-among-older-patients.htm
8 Nov 2023
Intubation after in-hospital cardiac arrest not associated with benefit, study finds
The observational cohort study used the Get With The Guidelines-Resuscitation registry to match patients who were intubated within 15 minutes of in-hospital cardiac arrest to patients who were not intubated in the same minute after arrest.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/02/08/2.htm
8 Feb 2017
Tough times for hospital finances
After a rough year, execs are looking for ways to get out of the red in 2023. They offered ideas on how hospitalists can help.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/01/25/free/tough-times-for-hospital-finances.htm
25 Jan 2023
Ideal patient-to-intensivist ratio varies in U.K. ICUs
Researchers found that patient-to-intensivist ratio was significantly associated with hospital mortality after multivariable adjustment, with a U-shaped association observed.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/02/01/3.htm
1 Feb 2017
Why are physicians unionizing?
Residents recently voted to newly unionize at Stanford University, the University of Southern California, and the University of Vermont, among other programs.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/09/21/free/why-are-physicians-unionizing.htm
21 Sep 2022