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American Heart Association issues scientific statement on cardiogenic shock in older adults

The statement provides suggestions for clinical practice, highlighting the crucial role of individualized risk assessment, an interdisciplinary approach, and patient-centered decision making in the management of cardiogenic shock among older adults.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/03/06/american-heart-association-issues-scientific-statement-on-cardiogenic-shock-in-older-adults.htm
6 Mar 2024

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

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

Tramadol, gabapentinoids associated with problematic opioid use in hospitalized patients, studies find

One study found that postop tramadol is associated with slightly higher risk of later opioid use versus other short-acting opioids, while another found that gabapentinoids are commonly given off-label in the hospital, sometimes with opioids and benzodiazepines.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/05/22/2.htm
22 May 2019

Duty hours, infective endocarditis

Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/08/recent-research.htm
15 Aug 2019

From hospital to overdose

Patients on long-term opioid therapy face increased risk of overdose after discharge. What can hospitalists do to help?
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/03/15/from-hospital-to-overdose.htm
15 Mar 2023

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

Tramadol, gabapentinoids, and opioids

Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/10/in-the-news.htm
15 Oct 2019

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

Counting lives saved

Commonly used tallies of medical errors may dramatically overestimate their toll.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/07/counting-lives-saved-issues-with-medical-errors.htm
15 Jul 2021

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