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A passion for patients—and animals, too
Clifford Hall, FACP.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/01/profile.htm
15 Jan 2009
Melding intuition with deliberation to sidestep diagnostic traps
Would you pass “the eyeball test” if the patient in this case study presented in your hospital's emergency department? Find out how one physician pressed for a better answer on a patient who presented with cardiac pain but no evidence of a heart attack.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/03/mindful.htm
15 Mar 2009
In the News
Drug recalls, warnings, approvals.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/04/itn.htm
15 Apr 2009
FDA Update
New opioid therapy guidelines, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/04/fda.htm
15 Apr 2009
Bridging the pain gap
The main goals of pain treatment should be to reduce pain to a level that’s tolerable for the patient, decrease suffering, maximize function and minimize adverse outcomes.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/06/pain.htm
15 Jun 2009
The most basic therapy: food
Nutrition support experts want you to think of food as a drug. Not in the negative sense of addiction, but positively as a therapy that’s critical to helping hospitalized patients get better.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/08/nutrition.htm
15 Aug 2009
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2006;163:5-82).Patients should also be referred to chemical dependence coun-selors and social workers for further therapy in an outpatienttreatment facility.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/10/acph-200910-residents_t1.pdf
29 Sep 2009
Managing acute opiate withdrawal in hospitalized patients
The case of a 48-year-old man who presented to the hospital seeking treatment for acute heroin withdrawal is discussed.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/10/residents.htm
15 Oct 2009
I-MOVE gets elderly patients on the move
The I-MOVE sounds like a state-of-the-art electronic gadget, but it's actually the simplest of medical tools. Developed by clinicians at Mercy Hospital of Pittsburgh and the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota, the Independent Mobility Validation Examination, or I-MOVE, is a 12-point scale that could help hospitalists assess their patients' mobility.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/10/qa.htm
15 Oct 2009
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Revisiting InpatientHyperglycemiaNew Recommendations,Evolving Data, and Practical Implications for ImplementationGuest Editor: Etie S. Moghissi, MD, FACE. A Supplement to ACP HospitalistRelease date: December 15, 2009Expiration date: December 31, 2010Estimated time to complete activity: 2.0 hours. Sponsored by Postgraduate Institute for MedicineSupported by an educational grant from. Novo Nordisk Inc. Type of ActivityKnowledge. Nursing Continuing EducationCredit DesignationThis educational activity for 2.1
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/12/acph-200912-hyperglycemia.pdf
23 Nov 2009