Search results for "Mental health"
The prescription for pain management
Physicians can wield considerable influence to ease the suffering of patients in pain, starting with identifying the optimal drug and administering it before pain escalates.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/04/coverstory.htm
15 Apr 2013
Party drugs require hard work to spot and treat
Special K, Super C, spice. It was 7 a.m., but speaker Osama A. Abulseoud, MD, wasn't listing breakfast options for Internal Medicine 2013 attendees.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2013/04/17/2.htm
17 Apr 2013
Docs need to step up HIV screening
All doctors, whether inpatient, outpatient or specialist, should screen all patients age 13 through 64 for HIV per Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines, said Stacey Rizza, MD, chair of HIV and outpatient infectious disease at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2013/04/17/1.htm
17 Apr 2013
In the News
Performance measures and readmissions, early management of acute ischemic stroke, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/05/itn.htm
15 May 2013
HIV in the hospital
All doctors should be screening patients age 13 through 64 for HIV.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/06/hiv.htm
15 Jun 2013
‘Party drugs' require hard work to spot, treat
Advice on the presentations of common drug problems.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/06/drugs.htm
15 Jun 2013
The question patients won't ask but want answered
Research indicates sexual problems and concerns are common after hospital discharge.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/12/qa.htm
15 Dec 2013
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Foster. It’s well known that socioeconomic factors contribute toreadmissions, agreed Mark Miller, PhD, executive director ofthe Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC).“Hospitals and health systems that have to deal with ... HIV infection 34,958 9,230 26.4%. Screening and 60,417 15,695 26.0%history of mental health and substance abuse.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/03/acph-201403-readmission_t2.pdf
28 Feb 2014
ACP offers recommendations for reducing gun-related injuries and deaths in the U.S.
A new ACP policy paper offers 9 strategies to address the societal, health care, and regulatory barriers to reducing firearms-related violence, injuries and deaths in the United States. “Reducing Firearm-Related Injuries and Deaths in the United States” appeared online April 10 in Annals of Internal Medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2014/04/16/6.htm
16 Apr 2014
Intervention tied to better quality of life for cardiac patients with mood, anxiety disorders
A 6-month intervention to manage depression and anxiety in patients recently hospitalized for cardiac events helped improve their mental health-related quality-of-life scores, a study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2014/04/23/4.htm
23 Apr 2014