Search results for "Hospice"
Top Docs
Our fourth annual Top Hospitalists issue recognizes leaders and teachers, innovators and mentors, researchers and pioneers.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/11/topdocs.htm
15 Nov 2011
Deciding about CPR: Readers respond
Deciding about CPR: Readers respond.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/08/letters.htm
15 Aug 2008
More medications in advanced life-limiting illness can lower quality of life, increase symptom burden
Polypharmacy may be particularly burdensome near the end of life as patients accumulate medications to treat and prevent multiple diseases.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/02/13/4.htm
13 Feb 2019
Palliative care for a pandemic
COVID-19 increased the need for expertise in communication and palliation of symptoms.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/05/qa-palliative-care-for-a-pandemic.htm
15 May 2020
Recent Research
Rivaroxaban and CV events, afib and cognitive impairment, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/05/rr.htm
15 May 2013
Statins may boost short-term outcomes for stroke inpatients
Stroke patients who used statins before and during their hospital stay were more likely to return home than those who didn't use the drugs, a new study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2012/05/23/1.htm
23 May 2012
Test yourself: Opioid therapy
The following cases and commentary, which address opioid therapy, are excerpted from ACP's Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program (MKSAP14).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/10/ty.htm
15 Oct 2009
Majority of patients with newly diagnosed metastatic cancer may think chemotherapy curative
Large majorities of patients with metastatic lung and colorectal cancer undergoing chemotherapy believe the treatment might be curative, a study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2012/10/31/1.htm
31 Oct 2012
Documented follow-up appointments don't lower readmissions for general medicine inpatients
Documented follow-up appointments don't lower readmissions for general medicine inpatientsOral low-dose steroids yield similar outcomes as high-dose IV steroids for COPD exacerbations
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2010/06/23/1.htm
23 Jun 2010
Tips to make the most difficult conversation easier
Hospitalists may be best positioned to introduce patients to palliative care and/or hospice options.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/05/palliative-care-conversations.htm
15 May 2014