Search results for "Emergency Medicine"
COVID-19 research looks at effects and risks of potential drug therapies, proning
Trials offered inconclusive evidence about remdesivir, a pilot study found benefits to prone self-positioning for ED patients, and other research quantified the risk of QT prolongation with hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin and provided reassurance about hypertension drugs.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/05/06/1.htm
6 May 2020
Steward your fluids
Deresuscitation may be the next step in optimizing sepsis care.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/04/steward-your-fluids.htm
15 Apr 2020
Bringing hospital medicine to the ED
A hospitalist-led boarder service reduced length of stay.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/03/success-story-bringing-hospital-medicine-to-the-ed.htm
15 Mar 2020
Making transfers run smoothly
A lack of guidelines and fragmented systems can impede success.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/02/making-transfers-run-smoothly.htm
15 Feb 2020
Mortality after ED visits declined among Medicare beneficiaries from 2009 to 2016
Rates of 30-day mortality after an ED visit declined among patients admitted to the hospital and those discharged from the ED, and declines were greater for patients seen at teaching, nonprofit, or urban hospitals.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/11/13/1.htm
13 Nov 2019
Hospitals serve up healthy food
Clinicians strive to improve nutrition inside and outside of the hospital.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/10/hospitals-serve-up-healthy-food.htm
15 Oct 2019
Hospitals reach for the stars
Health systems are focusing on online care ratings of facilities and physicians.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/07/hospitals-reach-for-the-stars.htm
15 Jul 2019
Top 10 medical myths, busted
Hospitalists should be a little more tentative about these tenets.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/06/im-top-10-medical-myths-busted.htm
15 Jun 2019
NSTEMI algorithm, metabolic acidemia, and more
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/02/recent-research.htm
15 Feb 2019
Getting patients on board with VTE prophylaxis
A bundle to educate patients about venous thromboembolism (VTE) included a 10-minute video of patients' stories and in-person support from a nurse educator.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/02/success-story-getting-patients-on-board-with-vte-prophylaxis.htm
15 Feb 2019