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PHILADELPHIA – Putting a uniform, brief cap on the number of days that psychiatric patients can remain hospitalized might have the unintended consequence of significantly boosting the rate of short-term hospital readmissions, according to results from a study of more than 12,000 patients at one... »
Care Plans Decreased High-Risk Patients' ED Visits
SAN DIEGO – Making specialized care plans for 28 high-risk patients easily accessible to physicians by computer decreased hospitalizations and emergency department visits by 65% over 2 months. In the 2 months before implementation of the care plan system, the 28 patients visited EDs 122 times and... »
Psychostimulants, Ketamine Improve Depression Quickly in Hospice
DENVER – Methylphenidate and oral ketamine show considerable promise as extremely rapid-acting, safe, and cost-effective treatments for depression in the hospice setting. Moreover, early indications are that ketamine might be even more effective as the treatment of anxiety disorders than as an... »
Conferences
Short Psychiatric Hospitalizations Linked to Higher Readmissions
PHILADELPHIA – Putting a uniform, brief cap on the number of days that psychiatric patients can remain hospitalized might have the unintended consequence of significantly boosting the rate of short-term hospital... »
Acetaminophen Safe in Alcoholics, Analysis Suggests
SAN DIEGO – Giving acetaminophen to patients who reported consuming ethanol did not adversely affect markers of liver damage in a meta-analysis of randomized, controlled trials. "One of the questions we often get asked... »
Follow Clinical End Points, Not Clock, for Acetaminophen Overdose
SAN DIEGO – The clock has run out on 20-hour and 72-hour protocols for treating acetaminophen overdose. Clinical end points such as acetaminophen concentration and AST or ALT levels now determine when to end therapy. In the... »
PHILADELPHIA – Putting a uniform, brief cap on the number of days that psychiatric patients can remain hospitalized might have the unintended consequence of significantly boosting the rate of short-term hospital... »
Acetaminophen Safe in Alcoholics, Analysis Suggests
SAN DIEGO – Giving acetaminophen to patients who reported consuming ethanol did not adversely affect markers of liver damage in a meta-analysis of randomized, controlled trials. "One of the questions we often get asked... »
Follow Clinical End Points, Not Clock, for Acetaminophen Overdose
SAN DIEGO – The clock has run out on 20-hour and 72-hour protocols for treating acetaminophen overdose. Clinical end points such as acetaminophen concentration and AST or ALT levels now determine when to end therapy. In the... »
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Short Psychiatric Hospitalizations Linked to Higher Readmissions
PHILADELPHIA – Putting a uniform, brief cap on the number of days that psychiatric patients can remain hospitalized might have the unintended consequence of significantly boosting the rate of short-term hospital... »
Care Plans Decreased High-Risk Patients' ED Visits
SAN DIEGO – Making specialized care plans for 28 high-risk patients easily accessible to physicians by computer decreased hospitalizations and emergency department visits by 65% over 2 months. In the 2 months before... »
Psychostimulants, Ketamine Improve Depression Quickly in Hospice
DENVER – Methylphenidate and oral ketamine show considerable promise as extremely rapid-acting, safe, and cost-effective treatments for depression in the hospice setting. Moreover, early indications are that ketamine might... »
PHILADELPHIA – Putting a uniform, brief cap on the number of days that psychiatric patients can remain hospitalized might have the unintended consequence of significantly boosting the rate of short-term hospital... »
Care Plans Decreased High-Risk Patients' ED Visits
SAN DIEGO – Making specialized care plans for 28 high-risk patients easily accessible to physicians by computer decreased hospitalizations and emergency department visits by 65% over 2 months. In the 2 months before... »
Psychostimulants, Ketamine Improve Depression Quickly in Hospice
DENVER – Methylphenidate and oral ketamine show considerable promise as extremely rapid-acting, safe, and cost-effective treatments for depression in the hospice setting. Moreover, early indications are that ketamine might... »
Video Library
Short Psychiatric Hospitalizations Linked to Higher Readmissions
PHILADELPHIA – Putting a uniform, brief cap on the number of days that psychiatric patients can remain hospitalized might have the unintended consequence of significantly boosting the rate of short-term hospital... »
Follow Clinical End Points, Not Clock, for Acetaminophen Overdose
SAN DIEGO – The clock has run out on 20-hour and 72-hour protocols for treating acetaminophen overdose. Clinical end points such as acetaminophen concentration and AST or ALT levels now determine when to end therapy. In the... »
Addiction Medicine on the Road to Subspecialty Status
Dr. Daniel P. Alford stumbled into addiction medicine after he finished his residency in internal medicine more than a decade ago. He hesitantly took a part-time position as the medical director for a city-run methadone... »
PHILADELPHIA – Putting a uniform, brief cap on the number of days that psychiatric patients can remain hospitalized might have the unintended consequence of significantly boosting the rate of short-term hospital... »
Follow Clinical End Points, Not Clock, for Acetaminophen Overdose
SAN DIEGO – The clock has run out on 20-hour and 72-hour protocols for treating acetaminophen overdose. Clinical end points such as acetaminophen concentration and AST or ALT levels now determine when to end therapy. In the... »
Addiction Medicine on the Road to Subspecialty Status
Dr. Daniel P. Alford stumbled into addiction medicine after he finished his residency in internal medicine more than a decade ago. He hesitantly took a part-time position as the medical director for a city-run methadone... »
Views
Patients' Religiosity and Mental Health
Faith in a higher power has sustained mankind since time immemorial. This faith – which often is demonstrated through organized religion – also can help alleviate some of the suffering symptomatic of mental illnesses.... »
Hypnosis Is a Safe Treatment for Children
Clinicians have known for quite some time that that hypnosis is an important adjunctive therapy for adults. We’ve also found the technique to be a valuable tool in consultation-liaison psychiatry for treating children and... »
Should Physicians Prescribe Positivity?
Scott Jordan Harris is a U.K.-based blogger, editor, book author, movie critic, and sports writer. Remarkable, considering that he spends most of his time in bed. His primary diagnosis is myalgic encephalomyelitis... »
Faith in a higher power has sustained mankind since time immemorial. This faith – which often is demonstrated through organized religion – also can help alleviate some of the suffering symptomatic of mental illnesses.... »
Hypnosis Is a Safe Treatment for Children
Clinicians have known for quite some time that that hypnosis is an important adjunctive therapy for adults. We’ve also found the technique to be a valuable tool in consultation-liaison psychiatry for treating children and... »
Should Physicians Prescribe Positivity?
Scott Jordan Harris is a U.K.-based blogger, editor, book author, movie critic, and sports writer. Remarkable, considering that he spends most of his time in bed. His primary diagnosis is myalgic encephalomyelitis... »
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