Search results for "Sleep"
Med rec for hospitalists and hospitals
An expert explains how to do a good medication reconciliation for a single patient, and how to improve them throughout a whole system.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/05/15/med-rec-for-hospitalists-and-hospitals.htm
15 May 2024
Many patients report avoidable sleep disruptions in the hospital, Dutch survey finds
More than two-thirds of patients reported having been awakened by external causes, a third of which involved hospital staff, and the most common causes were noise of other patients, medical devices, pain, and toilet visits.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/07/25/4.htm
25 Jul 2018
Is your patient depressed or just demoralized?
Demoralization is common among inpatients and can be treated with relatively simple interventions, according to a psychiatrist.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/05/08/is-your-patient-depressed-or-just-demoralized.htm
8 May 2024
Patient safety, resident sleep do not appear to differ with flexible vs. standard duty hours
Sixty-three U.S. internal medicine residency programs were randomly assigned to follow standard duty-hour policies mandating 16-hour shifts and an 80-hour workweek, or flexible policies, with an 80-hour workweek but no limits on shift length or mandatory time off between shifts.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/03/13/1.htm
13 Mar 2019
Sleep heals
Learn why and how to improve inpatient sleep.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/07/sleep-heals.htm
15 Jul 2019
Treating obstructive sleep apnea may reduce rapid response events
Researchers compared rates of rapid response system use in patients at high and low risk for obstructive sleep apnea, as well as the effect of positive airway pressure therapy on rapid response events.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/05/18/4.htm
18 May 2016
July 2019
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/07/
Tackling ED boarding
Hospitalists can take ownership to reduce risks for patients, especially elderly ones.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/02/21/tackling-ed-boarding.htm
21 Feb 2024
Sleep apnea questionnaire predicts postop complications
Dysphagia screening can help predict pneumonia risk after stroke
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2010/10/27/3.htm
27 Oct 2010
Simple steps for sounder sleep
New protocols for blood pressure checks and clot prophylaxis allowed patients to get better sleep at one hospital.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/03/22/simple-steps-for-sounder-sleep.htm
22 Mar 2023