Pediatric hospitalist preoperative evaluation of children with neuromuscular scoliosis.

abstract：BACKGROUND:While patients with anorexia nervosa have a high mortality rate, more are living into adulthood. Patients with severe malnutrition secondary to anorexia nervosa often require hospitalization for medical stabilization prior to treatment in eating disorders programs. METHODS:We developed the ACUTE Center at D...

journal_title：Journal of hospital medicine

authors： Chu ES,Gaudiani JL,Mascolo M,Statland B,Sabel A,Carroll K,Mehler PS

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A small proportion of patients accounts for a large proportion of hospitalizations. OBJECTIVE:To obtain patients' perspectives of factors associated with the onset and continuation of high hospital use. DESIGN:Qualitative research study where a research coordinator conducted one-on-one semi-structured inte...

journal_title：Journal of hospital medicine

authors： O'Leary KJ,Chapman MM,Foster S,O'Hara L,Henschen BL,Cameron KA

更新日期：2019-03-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Hyponatremia is relatively common in patients admitted with pneumonia, and it is associated with higher disease severity. The precise mechanism is incompletely understood, but the syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion is felt to play a significant role. Traditional options to manage hyponatremia in ...

journal_title：Journal of hospital medicine

authors： Edmonds ZV

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Esophageal variceal bleeding (EVB) is a frequent complication in cirrhotic patients resulting in considerable mortality and morbidity. The aim of this study was to investigate the occurrence, impact, and trends of EVB in hospitalized cirrhotic patients on a nationwide level in the United States. We interrogated data f...

journal_title：Journal of hospital medicine

authors： Pant C,Desai M,Deshpande A,Taylor R,Olyaee M,Gilroy R

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Warfarin reduces stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation. However, its narrow therapeutic index and need for chronic monitoring are barriers to its optimal utilization in many patients. The recent introduction of 3 novel oral anticoagulants (NOACs), as alternatives to warfarin, may change the eligibility...

journal_title：Journal of hospital medicine

authors： Patel KK,Mehdirad AA,Lim MJ,Ferreira SW,Mikolajczak PC,Stolker JM

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE: DESIGN: SETTING: PATIENTS: MEASUREMENTS: RESULTS: CONCLUSIONS: ...

journal_title：Journal of hospital medicine

authors： Kachman M,Carter K,Martin S

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Approaches of trainees to diagnosis in teaching hospitals are poorly understood. Identifying cognitive and system-based barriers and facilitators to diagnosis may improve diagnosis in these settings. METHODS:We conducted a focused ethnography of trainees at 2 academic medical centers to understand the barri...

journal_title：Journal of hospital medicine

authors： Chopra V,Harrod M,Winter S,Forman J,Quinn M,Krein S,Fowler KE,Singh H,Saint S

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Attending rounds at academic medical centers are often disconnected from patients and team members who are not physicians. Regionalization of care teams may facilitate bedside rounding and more frequent interactions among doctors, nurses, and patients. OBJECTIVE:We used time-motion analysis to investigate h...

journal_title：Journal of hospital medicine

authors： Huang KT,Minahan J,Brita-Rossi P,Aylward P,Katz JT,Roy C,Schnipper JL,Boxer R

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is a diverse group of disorders typically with insidious onset. Diagnosis and management largely occur in the outpatient setting; however, ILD can present acutely necessitating hospitalization. Effective inpatient management requires the clinician to establish an accurate diagnosis and ...

journal_title：Journal of hospital medicine

authors： Farrand E,Shah R,Collard H

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:High-flow nasal cannula (HFNC) is increasingly used to treat children hospitalized with bronchiolitis; however, the best practices for feeding during HFNC and the impact of feeding on time to discharge and adverse events are unknown. The study objective was to assess whether feeding exposure during HFNC was ...

journal_title：Journal of hospital medicine

authors： Shadman KA,Kelly MM,Edmonson MB,Sklansky DJ,Nackers K,Allen A,Barreda CB,Thurber AS,Coller RJ

更新日期：2019-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：IMPORTANCE:There is an increasing trend toward designing hospitals with patient-centered features like reduced noise, improved natural light, visitor friendly facilities, well-decorated rooms, and hotel-like amenities. It has also been suggested that because patients cannot reliably distinguish positive experiences wit...

journal_title：Journal of hospital medicine

authors： Siddiqui ZK,Zuccarelli R,Durkin N,Wu AW,Brotman DJ

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As part of the Choosing Wisely Campaign, the Society of Hospital Medicine identified reducing inappropriate use of acid-suppressive medication for stress ulcer prophylaxis as 1 of 5 key opportunities to improve the value of care for hospitalized patients. We designed a computerized clinical decision support interventi...

journal_title：Journal of hospital medicine

authors： Herzig SJ,Guess JR,Feinbloom DB,Adra M,Afonso KA,Howell MD,Marcantonio ER

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the association of health literacy with the number and type of transitional care needs (TCN) among patients being discharged to home. DESIGN, SETTING, PARTICIPANTS:A cross-sectional analysis of patients admitted to an academic medical center. MEASUREMENTS:Nurses administered the Brief Health Lite...

journal_title：Journal of hospital medicine

authors： Boyle J,Speroff T,Worley K,Cao A,Goggins K,Dittus RS,Kripalani S

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The growth of hospital medicine has led to new challenges, and recent graduates may feel unprepared to meet the expanding clinical duties expected of hospitalists. At our institution, we created a resident-inspired hospitalist curriculum to address the training needs for the next generation of hospitalists. Our progra...

journal_title：Journal of hospital medicine

authors： Kumar A,Smeraglio A,Witteles R,Harman S,Nallamshetty S,Rogers A,Harrington R,Ahuja N

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The affordability of prescription medications continues to be a major public health issue in the United States. Estimates of cost-related medication underuse come largely from surveys of ambulatory patients. Hospitalized patients may be vulnerable to cost-related underuse and its consequences, but have been ...

journal_title：Journal of hospital medicine

authors： Choudhry NK,Saya UY,Shrank WH,Greenberg JO,Melia C,Bilodeau A,Kadehjian EK,Dolan ML,Dudley JC,Kachalia A

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many hospitalists are routinely granted hospital privileges to perform invasive bedside procedures, but criteria for privileging are not well described. We conducted a survey of 21 hospitalist procedure experts from the Society of Hospital Medicine Point-of-Care Ultrasound Task Force to better understand current privi...

journal_title：Journal of hospital medicine

authors： Jensen TP,Soni NJ,Tierney DM,Lucas BP

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Venous thromboembolic events (VTE) are a significant cause of mortality in hospitalized medical and surgical patients. Despite recommendations and guidelines, current evidence demonstrates that VTE prophylaxis remains underutilized in at-risk patients. The process of providing VTE prophylaxis begins with ass...

journal_title：Journal of hospital medicine

authors： Beck MJ,Haidet P,Todoric K,Lehman E,Sciamanna C

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:High hospital occupancy is a challenge for quality of care and access, while low levels of occupancy may be inefficient in terms of resource utilization. Variability from scheduling decisions may affect occupancy and be amenable to alteration. OBJECTIVE:Describe variability in admission, discharge, and occu...

journal_title：Journal of hospital medicine

authors： Fieldston ES,Ragavan M,Jayaraman B,Allebach K,Pati S,Metlay JP

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There are 250,000 cases of central line-associated blood stream infections in the United States annually, some of which may be prevented by the removal of lines that are no longer needed. OBJECTIVE:To test the performance of criteria to identify an idle line as a guideline to facilitate its removal. METHOD...

journal_title：Journal of hospital medicine

authors： Kara A,Johnson CS,Murray M,Dillon J,Hui SL

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clozapine was approved by the US Food and Drug Administration in 1989 for the management of treatment-resistant schizophrenia, and has since proven to reduce symptom burden and suicide risk, increase quality of life, and reduce substance use in individuals with psychotic disorders. Nevertheless, clozapine's psychiatri...

journal_title：Journal of hospital medicine

authors： Lundblad W,Azzam PN,Gopalan P,Ross CA

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patient safety indicators (PSI) were developed for hospitals to screen for healthcare-associated adverse events. PSIs are believed to be preventable and have become a part of major pay-for-performance programs. PSI-12 captures perioperative venous thromboembolism (VTE), which contributes to morbidity and mor...

journal_title：Journal of hospital medicine

authors： Held N,Jung B,Sommervold L,Singh S,Kreuziger LB

更新日期：2019-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Increasing numbers of serious hospital/healthcare- or community-acquired infections are caused by resistant (often multi-drug resistant) bacterial pathogens. Because delayed or ineffective initial therapy can have severe negative consequences, patients at risk for these types of infections typically receive initial em...

journal_title：Journal of hospital medicine

authors： Kaye KS

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Superficial wound cultures are routinely used to guide therapy, despite a lack of clear supporting evidence. PURPOSE:To conduct a systematic review of the correlation between superficial wound cultures and the etiology of skin and soft tissue infections. DATA SOURCES:Medline, EMBASE, CINAHL, Scopus. STUDY...

journal_title：Journal of hospital medicine

authors： Chakraborti C,Le C,Yanofsky A

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：: ...

journal_title：Journal of hospital medicine

authors： Holleck JL,Gunderson CG

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hospital-acquired (HA) venous thromboembolism (VTE) is a common source of morbidity/mortality. Prophylactic measures are underutilized. Available risk assessment models/protocols are not prospectively validated. OBJECTIVES:Improve VTE prophylaxis, reduce HA VTE, and prospectively validate a VTE risk-assessm...

journal_title：Journal of hospital medicine

authors： Maynard GA,Morris TA,Jenkins IH,Stone S,Lee J,Renvall M,Fink E,Schoenhaus R

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The theory that posthospitalization stress might increase the risk of postdischarge complications has never been investigated. OBJECTIVE:To assess whether serum levels of stress biomarkers at discharge are associated with readmission and death after an acute-care hospitalization. DESIGN:We prospectively in...

journal_title：Journal of hospital medicine

authors： Aubert C,Folly A,Mancinetti M,Hayoz D,Donze J

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Specialty hospitals are a subset of acute-care hospitals that provide a narrower set of services than general medical hospitals (GMHs), predominantly in areas such as cardiac disease and surgery. Although specialty hospitals also advertise high patient satisfaction, this has not been examined using national ...

journal_title：Journal of hospital medicine

authors： Siddiqui ZK,Wu AW,Kurbanova N,Qayyum R

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Obtaining blood cultures (BCs) for patients hospitalized with community-acquired-pneumonia (CAP) has been recommended by experts and used as a measure of quality of care. However, BCs are infrequently positive in these patients and their effect on clinical management has been questioned. PURPOSE:We performe...

journal_title：Journal of hospital medicine

authors： Afshar N,Tabas J,Afshar K,Silbergleit R

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients who deteriorate outside the intensive care unit (ICU) are known to have elevated mortality and morbidity. Rapid response teams (RRTs) were developed to address such deterioration. It has not been possible to establish that RRTs employing manual detection methods have definitively improved hospital outcomes. B...

journal_title：Journal of hospital medicine

authors： Escobar GJ,Dellinger RP

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For more than 20 years, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Evidence-based Practice Center (EPC) Program has been identifying and synthesizing evidence to inform evidence-based healthcare. Recognizing that many healthcare settings continue to face challenges in disseminating and implementing evidence...

journal_title：Journal of hospital medicine

authors： Borsky AE,Flores EJ,Berliner E,Chang C,Umscheid CA,Chang SM

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00