Search results for "Care settings"
A deeper look at inpatients with blindness
Hospitalists should be aware that their patients with severe vision impairment or blindness have significantly higher risk of in-hospital mortality and lower odds of being discharged home, says the coauthor of a recent study.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/03/16/free/a-deeper-look-at-inpatients-with-blindness.htm
16 Mar 2022
The reality of postacute care
Skilled nursing facilities and home health care can help patients continue recovering after discharge, but hospitalists, patients, and caregivers must understand their limitations.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/04/27/free/the-reality-of-postacute-care.htm
27 Apr 2022
Availability of postdischarge care associated with readmission rates
Hospitals in areas with more primary care physicians and licensed nursing home beds per capita had lower readmission rates for acute myocardial infarction, heart failure, and pneumonia, a new study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/07/06/availability-of-postdischarge-care-associated-with-readmission-rates.htm
6 Jul 2022
Inpatient diagnosis of atrial fibrillation associated with lower use of anticoagulation
Ninety days after being diagnosed with atrial fibrillation, 51.6% of patients diagnosed in the ED were on oral anticoagulants, compared to 50.9% of those diagnosed in the hospital and 67.9% of those diagnosed as outpatients, a Canadian study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/08/03/inpatient-diagnosis-of-atrial-fibrillation-associated-with-lower-use-of-anticoagulation.htm
3 Aug 2022
Making sense of monkeypox
Two experts offered advice to hospitalists on their role in dealing with this latest infectious disease outbreak.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/10/12/free/making-sense-of-monkeypox.htm
12 Oct 2022
Physician gestalt safer but less efficient than prediction models for diagnosing bacteremia
In patients with suspected infection, physicians estimating on their own had fewer false negatives, but two validated prediction models more accurately identified the group of patients who could go without blood cultures because they did not have bacteremia, a Japanese study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/11/09/physician-gestalt-safer-but-less-efficient-than-prediction-models-for-diagnosing-bacteremia.htm
9 Nov 2022
Tracheostomy tube shortage
The FDA alerted clinicians about the need to reuse tracheostomy tubes and to caution patients about decreased effectiveness of pre-exposure prophylaxis against COVID-19, among other recent actions.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/11/16/tracheostomy-tube-shortage.htm
16 Nov 2022
Hospitalists can help eliminate HCV
Hospitals are the latest frontier in global efforts to diagnose and treat hepatitis C virus (HCV).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/01/11/free/hospitalists-can-help-eliminate-hcv.htm
11 Jan 2023
New score developed to improve risk stratification in type 2 myocardial infarction
The T2-risk score incorporates age, ischemic heart disease, heart failure, diabetes, myocardial ischemia on electrocardiogram, heart rate, anemia, estimated glomerular filtration rate, and maximal cardiac troponin concentration.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/01/18/new-score-developed-to-improve-risk-stratification-in-type-2-myocardial-infarction.htm
18 Jan 2023
Acute chest pain in women vs. men treated differently across the care spectrum
A cohort study in Australia found that women with acute chest pain were less likely than men to receive guideline-directed care across most measures, including transport to the hospital, prehospital administration of aspirin or analgesia, and 12-lead electrocardiogram.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/03/08/free/acute-chest-pain-in-women-vs-men-treated-differently-across-the-care-spectrum.htm
8 Mar 2023