Search results for "Geriatrics"
Readmission more likely in heart failure patients with low calorie consumption
A small nutrition study found that all of the heart failure inpatients who reported maintaining a low-sodium diet were consuming an insufficient quantity of calories before hospital admission.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/07/15/5.htm
15 Jul 2020
February 2013
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/02/
Latest research looks at more potential drug therapies, symptoms in specific age groups
New studies found some benefits associated with tocilizumab and colchicine in patients hospitalized with COVID-19 and quantified symptoms in older adults as well as neurological complications.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/07/01/2.htm
1 Jul 2020
October 2012
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/10/
In the News
Secondhand smoke exposure, bleeding risk with dabigatran versus warfarin, post-op delirium in older adults, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/03/itn.htm
15 Mar 2015
DNR decisions by surrogates common, take longer
More than half of do-not-resuscitate (DNR) orders were completed by a surrogate decision maker in a recent study at one urban, public hospital.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2011/07/27/4.htm
27 Jul 2011
When hospitalists marry: A boon for work-life balance
On-call hours and the unpredictability of many medical specialties can leave married physicians as ships passing in the night—or the front hallway. Yet by working as hospitalists in the same practice, some doctors are able to take care of families and spend quality time together.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/10/balance.htm
15 Oct 2008
A collection of individual cases
Other cases examine squamous-cell carcinoma of the gallbladder and vancomycin-induced thrombocytopenia.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/11/bc.htm
15 Nov 2013
Venous thromboembolism in the elderly
Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is manifested clinically by deep venous thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE). DVT, usually of the lower extremity, nearly always precedes PE.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/04/elderly.htm
15 Apr 2007
Letter from the editor
Overprescribing of antibiotics is often cited as a chief culprit behind the rising threat of “superbugâ€ï¿½ infections, such as Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and Clostridium difficile.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/01/editor.htm
15 Jan 2009