Search results for "Dementia"
June 2013
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/06/
January 2009
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/01/
Dementia associated with increased risk of death or readmission after discharge
A study of recently hospitalized Medicare beneficiaries found that patients with a dementia diagnosis had increased 30-day risk of death or readmission, particularly if they were discharged to the community rather than to nursing facilities.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/04/20/dementia-associated-with-increased-risk-of-death-or-readmission-after-discharge.htm
20 Apr 2022
October 26, 2022
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/10/26/
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
Study of Medicare claims finds good outcomes with hospital at home
Only 6.2% of Medicare fee-for-service patients who were hospitalized at home had to be escalated to another setting and 0.5% died during the admission, according to an analysis of 2022 to 2023 claims data. Their 30-day readmission rate was 15.6%.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/01/10/study-of-medicare-claims-finds-good-outcomes-with-hospital-at-home.htm
10 Jan 2024
Using an app to direct inpatient delirium identification was both feasible and accurate
A two-step, app-directed protocol for clinicians to identify delirium had high overall accuracy, with certified nursing assistants and nurses performing as well as hospitalists in a prospective cohort study at two hospitals.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/11/10/2.htm
10 Nov 2021
Expert analysis: Lewy body dementia
Lewy body dementia.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/08/expert.htm
15 Aug 2008
Projecting the future of inpatient dementia
A recent analysis concluded that by 2050, the annual number of dementia-associated hospitalizations of patients older than 85 could surpass seven million.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/04/qa.htm
15 Apr 2012
Pushing back on physical restraints
Pause before ordering restraints and definitely don't forget that a patient has been placed in them, says a researcher who has found disparities in use among medical inpatients.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/07/26/pushing-back-on-physical-restraints.htm
26 Jul 2023