Search results for "Prescribing patterns"
CDC guideline on opioid prescribing linked with worse sickle cell disease outcomes
Opioid dispensing rates decreased and hospitalizations for pain increased among patients with sickle cell disease following the release of a 2016 CDC guideline on opioid prescribing.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/03/20/cdc-guideline-on-opioid-prescribing-linked-with-worse-sickle-cell-disease-outcomes.htm
20 Mar 2024
Med students used donuts to improve opioid prescribing
Students led the way in an effort to reduce opioid overuse.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/07/success-story-med-students-used-donuts-to-improve-opioid-prescribing.htm
15 Jul 2020
Opioid disposal, medication cost alerts, and more
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/12/recent-research.htm
15 Dec 2017
Alerts about high medication costs did not affect inpatient prescribing
The retrospective analysis found that orders declined only for the two expensive medications that were restricted by the pharmacy or removed from order sets.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/08/16/1.htm
16 Aug 2017
Beta-blockers in heart failure patients with preserved ejection fraction may lower all-cause mortality
Use of beta-blockers in patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFPEF) was associated with lower all-cause mortality but not with consistent reductions in the combined outcome of mortality and heart failure hospitalization, an observational cohortstudy found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2014/11/19/5.htm
19 Nov 2014
Is it pneumonia?
Concerns are growing that pneumonia is being overdiagnosed. Here's how you can stem the trend.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/03/pneumonia.htm
15 Mar 2014
Treatment of ascites in patients with portal hypertension
Article reviews the current recommendations for the treatment of ascites, including hepatorenal syndrome and spontaneous bacterial peritonitis.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/02/expert.htm
15 Feb 2014
Recent Research
Autoimmune disorders and PE risk, perioperative therapy in patients with ICDs, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/03/rr.htm
15 Mar 2012
One-fourth of ICD patients don't receive optimal medical therapy perioperatively
More than a quarter of eligible patients didn't receive optimal medical therapy for congestive heart failure at the time of implantable cardiac defibrillator (ICD) implantation, a new analysis found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2011/11/23/3.htm
23 Nov 2011
You can reduce antibiotic resistance
Leading an antibiotic stewardship program is within the reach of hospitalists at even the smallest community hospitals.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/05/coverstory.htm
15 May 2011