Emergency Medicine Journal
FEBRUARY 20, 2024
The objective of this study is to evaluate outcomes of reversal with these agents in patients with isolated traumatic brain injuries (TBI). Primary outcome includes rate of mortality/hospice at hospital discharge. Secondary outcomes include a composite of serious hospital complications. vs 26.1%; p<0.005).
Sensible Medicine
AUGUST 30, 2024
KN is a 90-year-old man I visit at an inpatient hospice. When the medical outcomes of my patients are bad, I am sometimes haunted by the lack of a counterfactual. Sitting with him in hospice I wonder whether, if we had treated him, he’d be home, cancer free, with years left to live. Two years later, I am not so sure.
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Emergency Medicine Education
MARCH 30, 2023
88275 patients reviewed and in hospital mortality and discharge to hospice as a primary outcome measured. Patients treated with combination of hydrocortisone-fludrocortisone (47.2%) had lower adjusted absolute risk difference 3.7% compare with hydrocortsone group (50.8%).
American Medical Compliance
JULY 9, 2024
Our Continuing Medical Education (CME) program is committed to enhancing the knowledge, skills, and professional performance of healthcare providers to improve patient care outcomes. First, Medicare Part A provides hospital insurance, covering inpatient hospital stays, skilled nursing facility care, hospice, and some home health services.
American Medical Compliance
JANUARY 12, 2024
The hospice physician is in charge of the dying patient’s care, although coordination with an interprofessional healthcare team is essential. Numerous studies have shown that improved patient outcomes result from keeping all members of the healthcare team updated on the state of patients and any changes to those statuses.
PulmCCM
MAY 8, 2023
Read in JAMA Functional outcomes after survival from critical illness , and the constellation of disabilities and dysfunction now termed post-ICU syndrome, are finally getting more attention. Nursing home patients were no more likely to enter hospice after hospitalization than their community dwelling counterparts.
Sensible Medicine
JUNE 30, 2023
1] Would the outcomes be different? He had declined hospice care until the end and would not even accept “do not resuscitate” status. From a professional standpoint, there is no question that my answer to the final question would be, “the past.” Would some of the people still be here? My reasoning is two-fold.
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