Search results for "Preoperative evaluation"
Test yourself: Insulin management
These cases and commentary, which address insulin management, are excerpted from ACP's Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program (MKSAP15).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/04/ty.htm
15 Apr 2011
MKSAP quiz on high-value care
Cases involving high-value care are presented.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/08/MKSAP-high-value-care.htm
15 Aug 2015
Changing approaches to pain
Treating inpatients' pain is challenging in an opioid addiction epidemic.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/01/changing-approaches-to-pain.htm
15 Jan 2017
Top Docs
Meet our 2010 Top Hospitalists.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/11/top.htm
15 Nov 2010
Sleep apnea questionnaire predicts postop complications
Dysphagia screening can help predict pneumonia risk after stroke
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2010/10/27/3.htm
27 Oct 2010
Hospitalist pre-op clinic improved outcomes
A hospitalist-run preoperative clinic improved outcomes for the sickest patients and general perioperative processes, a new study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2012/09/19/3.htm
19 Sep 2012
Planning is key to successful comanagement
Working out details in advance helps avoid conflicts down the road.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/03/comanagement.htm
15 Mar 2015
Preop screening detected unknown diabetes in one-fourth of patients
Among elective surgery patients, nearly one-fourth (24%) were diagnosed with previously unknown diabetes or pre-diabetes based on blood tests conducted while they were fasting pre-operatively, researchers found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2012/08/15/2.htm
15 Aug 2012
Gait speed preoperatively predicts cardiac surgery outcomes
VTE recurrence more likely with nonsurgical transient risk factors, but not enough to change practice
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2010/11/03/3.htm
3 Nov 2010
In the News
Overuse of tests, reproductive-age women and opioids, counseling on sexual activity after MI, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/04/in-the-news.htm
15 Apr 2015