Search results for "Substance use"
Surging methamphetamine-related hospitalizations
Methamphetamine's effects on the heart are hitting hospitals, and physicians' help is needed to tackle the rise of this addictive drug.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/11/surging-methamphetamine-related-hospitalizations.htm
15 Nov 2021
Many patients referred to care management not good candidates for it, say care managers
Care managers described factors they used to determine suitability for care management, including availability of social support, patient motivation, nonmedical transitions, recent trajectory of medical condition, and psychiatric or substance use issues.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/06/06/3.htm
6 Jun 2018
Late diagnoses, routine cultures, and more
Research summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/05/recent-research.htm
15 May 2021
HIV-related admissions declined from 1996 to 2016, but readmission rates were stable
An analysis of patients treated for HIV in North Carolina found that patients who were older or black had higher risk of hospitalization, as did those with more HIV RNA or lower CD4 counts.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/10/30/5.htm
30 Oct 2019
In the News
Staff awareness of stroke protocols, adverse events from supplements, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/01/in-the-news.htm
15 Jan 2016
Team up to treat opioid addiction
Hospitalists can improve care even without the expertise of an addiction medicine consult service.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/09/team-up-to-treat-opioid-addiction.htm
15 Sep 2021
Identifying personality disorders
An excerpt from “Psychiatry Essentials for Primary Care,”� new from ACP Press.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/04/disorders.htm
15 Apr 2008
Psychological, disparate effects of the pandemic detailed by recent research
Mental health problems were prevalent among U.S. adults in June, obesity is strongly associated with mortality from COVID-19, and an inactivated vaccine has shown promise in a phase 1/2 Chinese trial.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/08/19/1.htm
19 Aug 2020
Peers support patients in addiction recovery
Hospitals find help from people who've dealt with their own addictions.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/07/peers-support-patients-in-addiction-recovery.htm
15 Jul 2020
Evidence lacking on efficacy of prescription drug monitoring programs
Recent articles on substance use highlighted the limitations of prescription drug monitoring programs, rise of synthetic opioids in overdose deaths, and risk of vitamin K-dependent antagonist coagulopathy from synthetic cannabinoids.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/05/09/4.htm
9 May 2018