Search results for "Epilepsy"
Physician advisor as a career path
These physicians help ensure compliance with regulatory issues and advise on medical necessity and documentation needs.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/03/coding-corner-physician-advisor-as-a-career-path.htm
15 Mar 2021
Baking hospitalist training into residency
Although half of large internal medicine residency programs offer hospitalist-focused rotations, there are no standards for their structure.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/08/baking-hospitalist-training-into-residency.htm
15 Aug 2018
Admission lab values used to develop model to predict in-hospital mortality
Patients with abnormal total bicarbonate levels or leukocyte counts at admission were twice as likely to die during their hospital stay as patients with normal results, the retrospective study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/08/28/2.htm
28 Aug 2019
Diagnosing diagnosis difficulties
Researchers identified themes of diagnosis by observing medical residents on rounds.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/09/qa-diagnosing-diagnosis-difficulties.htm
15 Sep 2018
How to be successful at early discharges
A hospitalist offers tips on planning and working ahead.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/11/perspectives-how-to-be-successful-at-early-discharges.htm
15 Nov 2019
Avoiding the pitfalls of hospital medicine
Ten tips from a seasoned hospitalist.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/12/perspectives.htm
15 Dec 2013
A new kind of stewardship
Patients taking antiretroviral therapy are at risk for medication errors during hospitalization and care transitions.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/01/a-new-kind-of-stewardship.htm
15 Jan 2020
Gabapentinoids associated with severe COPD exacerbations
Severe exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) were more common in patients taking gabapentinoids for epilepsy, neuropathic pain, or other chronic pain than in matched nonusers, a Canadian cohort study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/01/17/gabapentinoids-associated-with-severe-copd-exacerbations.htm
17 Jan 2024
Individual case: Primary angiitis of the central nervous system
A patient with hallucinations and headache is found to have a rare form of vasculitis.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/07/brief-case-individual-primary-angiitis.htm
15 Jul 2019
New devices for congenital heart disease, multiple sclerosis
Recalls, alerts, and approvals.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/05/fda-update-new-devices-for-congenital-heart-disease-multiple-sclerosis.htm
15 May 2021