Search results for "COPD"
May 2017
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/05/
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
Corticosteroids beneficial in patients with COPD exacerbations on ventilatory support
Systemic corticosteroids may increase the success of noninvasive mechanical ventilation and reduce the duration of mechanical ventilation in patients with acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AECOPDs), new research suggests.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2011/12/07/3.htm
7 Dec 2011
June 2017
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/06/
COPD exacerbations with higher eosinophils associated with shorter length of stay
Patients with eosinophilic exacerbations are clinically indistinguishable from other patients with severe COPD exacerbations, but they may respond more rapidly to corticosteroid treatment.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/02/24/5.htm
24 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/
New clinical guideline issued on diagnosis, management of stable COPD
Several collaborating medical societies, including the American College of Physicians (ACP), released new guidelines this week on the diagnosis and management of stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2011/08/03/2.htm
3 Aug 2011
Severity criteria for categorizing COPD exacerbations validated as prognostic tool
Patients with an exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) that was severe according to the recently proposed Rome criteria had about twice the risk of death within a year as those whose exacerbation was mild, a retrospective study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/08/02/severity-criteria-for-categorizing-copd-exacerbations-validated-as-prognostic-tool.htm
2 Aug 2023
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
Journal watch: Recent studies of note
Recent studies about spirometry for COPD, as-needed relaparotomy, and other topics.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/10/journal-watch.htm
15 Oct 2007