Search results for "Conference Coverage"
Know your home oxygen options
Physicians, nurses, and respiratory therapists may be unfamiliar with home oxygen equipment that differs from hospital equipment. Six questions can help clinicians choose the best options for a patient.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2020/10/know-your-home-oxygen-options.htm
1 Oct 2020
Taking stock of telemedicine
This issue also covers intimate partner violence, narrative medicine, and conference coverage from two medical society meetings.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2020/10/taking-stock-of-telemedicine.htm
1 Oct 2020
Breathing easier from hospital to home
A substantial percentage of patients prescribed home oxygen at hospital discharge after an acute COPD exacerbation no longer meet the criteria two to three months later.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2020/10/breathing-easier-from-hospital-to-home.htm
1 Oct 2020
Providing preventive care in a pandemic
This issue also covers medication for opioid use disorders, physicians as caregivers, and home blood pressure monitoring.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2020/11/providing-preventive-care-in-a-pandemic.htm
1 Nov 2020
Pandemic heightens focus on physician well-being
This issue also covers gender equity in medicine, COVID-19 vaccination, and sleep in the elderly, among other topics.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2021/01/pandemic-heightens-focus-on-physician-well-being.htm
1 Jan 2021
Eating disorders may cast a wider-than-expected net
This issue also covers extended lifespans for Down syndrome, the future of primary care, and subclinical hypothyroidism.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2021/02/eating-disorders-may-cast-a-wider-than-expected-net.htm
1 Feb 2021
How COVID-19 affects the liver
There is increasing evidence of direct, virally mediated liver injury caused by SARS-CoV-2, leading to enzyme elevations, lobular necroinflammation and/or portal interface hepatitis, and steatosis.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2021/03/how-covid-19-affects-the-liver.htm
1 Mar 2021
Taking the long view of thyroid cancer
Experts addressed appropriate surveillance after thyroid cancer treatment and tips for combating unhappiness in patients on thyroid replacement therapies.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2021/05/taking-the-long-view-of-thyroid-cancer.htm
1 May 2021
Solution to resistant hypertension sometimes hides in plain sight
This issue also addresses stories about osteoarthritis, race and clinical algorithms, and follow-up care for thyroid cancers.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2021/05/solution-to-resistant-hypertension-sometimes-hides-in-plain-sight.htm
1 May 2021
Internal medicine looks ahead
This issue addresses ACP's virtual meeting for student members, advances in heart failure comanagement, and conference coverage.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2021/07/internal-medicine-looks-ahead.htm
1 Jul 2021