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Palliative care consults by default did not affect inpatient length of stay
Implementation of a default, opt-out palliative care consultation intervention for older hospital patients with advanced chronic illnesses did increase consult rates from 16.6% to 43.9% and significantly increased odds of discharge to hospice.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/01/24/palliative-care-consults-by-default-did-not-affect-inpatient-length-of-stay.htm
24 Jan 2024
ICU admission associated with worse outcomes in sepsis, better survival in acute respiratory failure
Patients admitted from the ED to the ICU with sepsis had worse survival and longer length of stay than those admitted to the wards, while patients with acute respiratory failure had better survival in the ICU than on a medical ward, a multicenter study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/12/08/3.htm
8 Dec 2021
Modified rapid response system could help patients with limited English proficiency
An initiative at one U.S. academic medical center that used automated early warning scores and integrated interpreters into the rapid response system was associated with a decrease in average monthly mortality rates.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/02/28/modified-rapid-response-system-could-help-patients-with-limited-english-proficiency.htm
28 Feb 2024
Complications rare but potentially serious after pleural procedures
A narrative review looked at complications related to thoracocentesis, intercostal drains, indwelling pleural catheters, and local anesthetic thoracoscopy.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/12/15/3.htm
15 Dec 2021
November 22, 2023
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https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/11/22/
July 26, 2023
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/07/26/
Meta-analysis compares mortality benefits of heart failure treatment combinations
Patients taking an angiotensin receptor-neprilysin inhibitor, beta-blocker, mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist, and sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitor showed the greatest reduction in risk of death, the analysis of heart failure with reduced ejection fraction found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/12/15/4.htm
15 Dec 2021
January 31, 2024
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/01/31/
Care coordination program linked to reduced readmission rates in large health system
A study of 21 hospitals in an integrated health system in California found that a postdischarge intervention targeted at patients at 25% or higher predicted risk of 30-day readmission or mortality was associated with decreased rates of readmission, but not mortality, in the 30 days after discharge.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/08/18/4.htm
18 Aug 2021
December 20, 2023
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/12/20/