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Clinical Scenario: Patient Care Through POLST
Physician orders for life-sustaining treatment (POLST) forms are crucial tools in ensuring that patient treatment preferences ...
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Hospital Medicine
Physician orders for life-sustaining treatment (POLST) forms are crucial tools in ensuring that patient treatment preferences are respected and followed, particularly during medical emergencies. As ...
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Practice Management
Physician orders for life-sustaining treatment (POLST) forms are crucial tools in ensuring that patient treatment preferences are respected and followed, particularly during medical emergencies. As ...
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Clinical Guidelines
Physician orders for life-sustaining treatment (POLST) forms are crucial tools in ensuring that patient treatment preferences are respected and followed, particularly during medical emergencies. As ...
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A Roadmap for New DEI Officers in Hospital Medicine Programs
A year later in April 2021, the Journal of Hospital Medicine published an article titled Advancing Diversity, Equity, and ...
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Hospitalists Use POLST to Initiate Patient Conversations About Care Goals
Physician orders for life-sustaining treatment (POLST) is a single-page medical order form, typically printed on bright pink paper, and signed by a physician, nurse practitioner, or physician ...
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Coding Corner: Spoonful of Sugar
A 46-year-old woman is admitted to the hospital with an exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) requiring intensification of her inhaler regimen, initiation of corticosteroids, ...
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Hospitalist Co-management Takes Practice But Can Enhance Patient Care
Co-management continues to evolve as hospital leaders and hospitalists find the best ways to use skills and expertise from various specialties, including their own, to benefit patient care. Orthopedic ...
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ASCO Guideline for the Use of Opioids for Adults with Cancer or Cancer Treatment
Clinical question: What are expert recommendations for the use of opioids for adults with pain from cancer? Background: Pain is a common consequence of cancer and cancer treatment. There are limited ...
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To RAASi or Not to RAASi, That is the Question
Clinical question: Should angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEi) or angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) be discontinued or continued in advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients?
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Early Versus Later Anticoagulation for Stroke with Atrial Fibrillation
Clinical question: What is the safety and efficacy of early compared with later initiation of direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) in patients with atrial fibrillation and ischemic stroke? Background: ...