Search results for "Therapeutics"
Look out for liver emergencies
Improve your evaluation of acute-on-chronic liver failure and hepatic encephalopathy.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/12/look-out-for-liver-emergencies.htm
15 Dec 2018
MKSAP quiz on hepatology
This month's quiz includes questions from ACP's Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program (MKSAP 18) about the liver.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/06/mksap-quiz-on-hepatology.htm
15 Jun 2019
Moving beyond medical needs
Some hospitals are treating patients' food and housing shortages.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/03/moving-beyond-medical-needs.htm
15 Mar 2019
Trial finds no difference in patient knowledge with bedside vs. outside-the-room case presentation
Although patients had similar knowledge of their medical care irrespective of whether consultant rounds were done at the bedside or in the hallway, the bedside presentation group reported higher ratings of confusion about medical jargon and uncertainty caused by team discussions.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/06/30/2.htm
30 Jun 2021
Several antimicrobial stewardship components improve outcomes, review finds
Empirical therapy according to guidelines, de-escalation of therapy, switch from intravenous to oral treatment, therapeutic drug monitoring, use of a list of restricted antibiotics, and bedside consultation all improved either patient or cost outcomes.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/03/09/1.htm
9 Mar 2016
Clinicians dive into hospital design
Researchers from health care and design backgrounds have been increasingly focusing on how the layout and allocation of space in hospitals can promote the well-being of both patients and clinicians.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/04/clinicians-dive-into-hospital-design.htm
15 Apr 2018
Reducing chest X-rays, telemetry
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/06/in-the-news.htm
15 Jun 2019
Perspectives debate merits of hospitalist model 20 years after first description
A perspective by Robert M. Wachter, MD, FACP, and Lee Goldman, MD, MPH, FACP, reviewed the evolution of the hospitalist field from a few hundred clinicians in 1996 to more than 50,000 today.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/08/17/4.htm
17 Aug 2016
Antibiotics and AKI, stroke rehab, and more
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/06/recent-research.htm
15 Jun 2018
New rules for predicting recovery after cardiac arrest
Therapeutic hypothermia has changed the field of neurology after cardiac arrest.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/07/new-rules-for-predicting-recovery-after-cardiac-arrest.htm
15 Jul 2019