Search results for "Supplement"
ACC releases decision pathway on bleeding in patients on oral anticoagulants
The pathway covers relevant laboratory tests, acute medical and surgical management, need for reversal, and the appropriateness and timing of restarting anticoagulation.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/12/06/1.htm
6 Dec 2017
‘Warm handoffs,’ rapid response calls
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/11/in-the-news.htm
15 Nov 2017
Rapid response calls decrease overnight, followed by an early morning spike in mortality
According to the authors, the results suggest that failure to rescue deteriorating patients is more common overnight and strategies aimed at improving rapid response team utilization during these hours may improve patient outcomes.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/08/02/1.htm
2 Aug 2017
Do you know your core competencies?
Satyen Nichani, MD, ACP Member, explains the Society of Hospital Medicine's recently updated Core Competencies in Hospital Medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/07/qa-core-competencies.htm
15 Jul 2017
Hospital medicine core competencies updated
Syncope and hyponatremia are new chapter topics in the latest version of the Society of Hospital Medicine's Core Competencies in Hospital Medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/04/26/1.htm
26 Apr 2017
AHA updates recommendations on clinical use of fish oil to prevent cardiovascular events
The group continues to suggest that supplementation is reasonable for secondary prevention of coronary heart disease (CHD) in patients with a recent CHD event and added a new recommendation for patients with heart failure with reduced left ventricular function.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/03/22/4.htm
22 Mar 2017
In the News
C. difficile transmission, telestroke quality measures, and more
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/02/in-the-news.htm
15 Feb 2017
Better handoffs
Hospitalists explore new tech and face-to-face strategies.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/12/improving-handoffs.htm
15 Dec 2016
New warnings against mixing opioids and benzos
Details on the latest recalls, warnings, and approvals.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/11/fda.htm
15 Nov 2016
Early warning systems helped in hospitals' sepsis care
Multiple studies evaluated strategies to detect critical illness, particularly sepsis, in non-ICU patients, in a supplement to the November Journal of Hospital Medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/11/09/2.htm
9 Nov 2016