Search results for "COPD"
Breaking the barriers
Identifying “teachable moments” for patients is an important part of quality care.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/07/palliative-care-perspectives.htm
15 Jul 2015
Beta-blockers at discharge associated with lower mortality in COPD plus MI
Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) had lower mortality after myocardial infarction (MI) if they were discharged on beta-blockers, a recent Swedish study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2015/04/15/3.htm
15 Apr 2015
Clarifying criteria for acute respiratory failure
The diagnosis of acute respiratory failure is one of those most commonly denied by payers, so understanding the current documentation criteria is crucial.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/03/27/clarifying-criteria-for-acute-respiratory-failure.htm
27 Mar 2024
Post-hospital syndrome
With no definitive method in place to keep patients from returning to the hospital, perhaps it's time to look at the problem in a new way.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/03/coverstory.htm
15 Mar 2013
Don't forget the lungs
Hospitalists familiar with preop cardiovascular evaluation may be less comfortable with pulmonary evaluations, which can also be crucial to reducing risk for surgical patients.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/09/pulmonary.htm
15 Sep 2010
Recent Research
Reducing pain of propofol injections, high-dose clopidogrel after PCI, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/09/rr.htm
15 Sep 2011
More on COPD documentation and coding challenges
Additional advice offered on accurately coding the severity of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/06/coding-copd-documentation-part-2.htm
15 Jun 2017
Comfort measures only
I will never forget the 56-year-old woman who was admitted to our intermediate care unit with COVID-19 pneumonia.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/11/comfort-measures-only.htm
15 Nov 2020
Acetazolamide may not significantly reduce mechanical ventilation time in COPD patients, study finds
The double-blind DIABOLO trial, conducted from October 2011 through July 2014 in 15 ICUs in France, studied 380 adult patients with a history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) who required invasive ventilation.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/02/10/3.htm
10 Feb 2016
March 2011
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/03/