Search results for "Cancer"
Loss in the time of COVID
My mother's hospital had decided to all halt all visitors to protect the patients.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/11/loss-in-the-time.htm
15 Nov 2020
Counting lives saved
Commonly used tallies of medical errors may dramatically overestimate their toll.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/07/counting-lives-saved-issues-with-medical-errors.htm
15 Jul 2021
Mortality in year after overdose lower with methadone or buprenorphine treatment
About 30% of patients who survived an opioid overdose in Massachusetts between 2012 and 2014 received medications for opioid use disorder in the subsequent 12 months, most commonly buprenorphine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/06/20/4.htm
20 Jun 2018
Expanding the reach of palliative care
Telehealth is facilitating the growth of end-of-life services in rural areas.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/02/expanding-the-reach-of-palliative-care.htm
15 Feb 2020
New model reliably predicts two-month survival for advanced cancer patients
A combination of clinical and lab variables can predict two-week and two-month survival for patients with advanced cancer, a study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2011/09/14/6.htm
14 Sep 2011
Top Docs
Meet ACP Hospitalist's 2015 Top Hospitalists.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/11/top-hospitalists-2015.htm
15 Nov 2015
MKSAP quiz on chest pain
This month's quiz includes questions from ACP's Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program (MKSAP 18) on chest pain.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/02/mksap-quiz-on-chest-pain.htm
15 Feb 2020
Hypercalcemia after silicone injections
A patient presented with nausea, loss of appetite, and weight loss of approximately 20 pounds. Lab tests revealed hypercalcemia.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/01/12/brief-case-hyperglycemia-after-silicone-injections.htm
12 Jan 2022
MKSAP quiz on critical care
This month's quiz includes questions from ACP's Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program (MKSAP 18) on critical care.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/10/mksap-quiz-on-critical-care.htm
15 Oct 2020
May 2014
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/05/