Search results for "End-of-life care"
Advance directives are the beginning, not the end
Despite the best planning, patients may change their minds at the end of life once they recognize their unique situations and their sometimes surprising decisions.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/07/graymatters.htm
15 Jul 2012
CDC issues recommendations for prescribing opioids for chronic pain
The recommendations focused on 3 areas: starting or continuing opioids for chronic pain; opioid selection, dosage, duration, follow-up, and discontinuation; and assessing risk and addressing harms of opioid use.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/03/23/4.htm
23 Mar 2016
Palliative care consults by default did not affect inpatient length of stay
Implementation of a default, opt-out palliative care consultation intervention for older hospital patients with advanced chronic illnesses did increase consult rates from 16.6% to 43.9% and significantly increased odds of discharge to hospice.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/01/24/palliative-care-consults-by-default-did-not-affect-inpatient-length-of-stay.htm
24 Jan 2024
In the News
ICU transfer, daily sedation interruption, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/02/itn.htm
15 Feb 2013
DNR: An order ignored
Deconstruct a poorly handled situation to help prevent a similar occurrence.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/01/perspectives.htm
15 Jan 2014
Journal watch: Recent studies of note
Recent studies about improving CPR, post-stroke depression treatment, and other topics.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/08/journal.htm
15 Aug 2008
Talking points on palliative care
Speakers at the recent National Palliative Care Summit discussed strategies for changing and improving Americans' perceptions of palliative care.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/05/palliative.htm
15 May 2011
A sideline that grew outside the lines
Hospitalist Stephen Bekanich, MD, talks about starting a successful palliative care program.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/05/palliative.htm
15 May 2009
Hospital-based physicians may use different nonverbal communication with black vs. white patients, study finds
The analysis observed that nonverbal communication scores of physicians at a western Pennsylvania hospital were lower with a simulated black patient than with a white patient.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/01/13/4.htm
13 Jan 2016
Building trust aids decision making in end-of-life care
The patient is dying. More medical intervention is futile. But the family, speaking for their loved one, still wants everything done.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/08/decision-making.htm
15 Aug 2007