Search results for "Rehabilitation"
Home-based cardiac rehabilitation may reduce mortality, study finds
An at-home program for recently hospitalized patients included telephone coaching and motivational interviewing sessions, a workbook, a DVD, and a personal health journal, as well as additional equipment as needed, and was associated with a reduction in mortality.
https://acpinternist.org/weekly/archives/2023/03/07/4.htm
7 Mar 2023
Becoming a physician and a parent
Through research and advocacy, physician-parents are pushing for changes to the challenges of starting a family during training.
https://acpinternist.org/archives/2023/11/becoming-a-physician-and-a-parent.htm
1 Nov 2023
MKSAP Quiz: Evaluation for dyspnea
A 79-year-old man is evaluated for dyspnea that has been worsening insidiously over the past year. He has an 8-year history of severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, with no exacerbations in the past year. Following a physical exam, what is the most appropriate treatment?
https://acpinternist.org/weekly/archives/2023/08/29/3.htm
29 Aug 2023
Cardiac rehab uptake remains low, despite benefits
Estimates from the American Heart Association suggest that only about 20% to 30% of eligible patients ever receive the intervention.
https://acpinternist.org/archives/2022/03/cardiac-rehab-uptake-remains-low-despite-benefits.htm
1 Mar 2022
Exercise intervention not effective in early dementia
A randomized trial in the U.K. found that outcomes did not differ in patients with early dementia or cognitive impairment assigned to a dementia-specific rehab program compared to those who received usual care.
https://acpinternist.org/weekly/archives/2023/09/05/4.htm
5 Sep 2023
Therapist-led rehab had similar outcomes to home regimen after knee replacement
High-risk patients had similar knee function and pain at one year whether they received weekly sessions with a physiotherapist or were assigned to a home exercise program, according to a U.K. trial.
https://acpinternist.org/weekly/archives/2020/10/20/4.htm
20 Oct 2020
Refine your referrals to physical rehab with thought, timeliness
Internists can vastly improve outcomes for patients by referring more patients to physical rehabilitation earlier, more often, and for more conditions than they might think.
https://acpinternist.org/archives/2014/04/rehabilitation.htm
1 Apr 2014
Nonpharmaceutical interventions have strongest evidence support for poststroke rehab
Recently updated Veterans Affairs guidelines on rehabilitation after stroke were based on this review of pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic therapies for motor deficits or mood disorders after stroke.
https://acpinternist.org/weekly/archives/2019/11/19/2.htm
19 Nov 2019
Self-reported pain after MI associated with long-term all-cause mortality
Researchers in Sweden found that patients who had had a myocardial infarction (MI) and reported moderate or severe musculoskeletal pain one year after hospital discharge were at higher risk for death than those without pain.
https://acpinternist.org/weekly/archives/2023/08/22/1.htm
22 Aug 2023
Family illness brings palliative care, other policies into focus
Personal experiences play out amid public health policy debates.
https://acpinternist.org/archives/2023/06/family-illness-brings-palliative-care-other-policies-into-focus.htm
1 Jun 2023