Search results for "Hospital Medicine"
Training in breathing exercises before upper abdominal surgery significantly reduced postoperative pulmonary complications and pneumonia
Study authors noted that the intervention has minimal potential to harm and can be provided within existing hospital clinics that patients must attend before surgery.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2018/01/30/5.htm
30 Jan 2018
The next issue of ACP Hospitalist is online
Internists considering or actively planning a switch to hospital medicine can subscribe for free upon request to ACP Hospitalist, the College's monthly magazine reporting on trends in hospital medicine.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2010/02/23/9.htm
23 Feb 2010
Pandemic parenting as a physician
As the pandemic escalated, two physicians learned to balance increased home duties with increased workloads.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2020/10/pandemic-parenting-as-a-physician.htm
1 Oct 2020
Those lost
A physician recounts colleagues she lost to physician suicide in her seven-year career as an attending hospitalist physician.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2019/09/those-lost.htm
1 Sep 2019
High-sensitivity troponin testing could reduce stress testing for myocardial ischemia in stable CAD
A high-sensitivity cardiac troponin I level below 2.5 pg/mL indicated low risk of inducible myocardial ischemia in patients with stable coronary artery disease (CAD).
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2018/11/06/1.htm
6 Nov 2018
Questions, answers on certification
A session outlined how a new Maintenance of Certification process will work. Starting in 2018, eligible physicians certified in internal medicine will be offered the choice of taking an assessment every two years or every 10 years.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2017/06/MOC.htm
1 Jun 2017
Who's tops at your hospital?
ACP Hospitalist is seeking candidates for its fifth annual Top Hospitalists issue in November, which will feature the best and brightest in hospital medicine.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2012/07/03/8.htm
3 Jul 2012
Prepping IM residents for primary care
Although most patient visits and more than 60% of procedures now occur in the outpatient setting, most of the focus on residency training is on critically ill patients in the hospital.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2017/05/education.htm
1 May 2017
Hospital medicine meeting offers advice for all internists
In addition to complete coverage of the American College of Physicians' Internal Medicine meeting, readers can find coverage from the Society of Hospital Medicine's annual meeting, including a digest of palliative care, consulting as a career and infectious disease control.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2010/06/SHM.htm
1 Jun 2010
Latest updates on ACP's priorities, initiatives
ACP Spotlight offers readers a look at ACP's current top priorities and initiatives, as well as highlights from our e-newsletter, ACP Internist Weekly.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2022/03/latest-updates-on-acps-priorities-initiatives.htm
1 Mar 2022