Higher hospitalist continuity of care linked to improved clinical outcomes
1. In this retrospective cohort analysis, patients admitted under services with greater hospitalist continuity of care had lower 30-day mortality ...
Tag: hospitalist medicine
Palliative care consultation linked to lower deaths by failed code resuscitation
1. Among deaths at one, large children’s hospital, the most common mode of inpatient death was withdrawal of life sustaining ...
Total inpatient antibiotic use consistent from 2006 to 2012
1. In a retrospective study of over 300 acute care hospitals across the United States, overall days of therapy (DOT) ...
Nutritional support amongst medical inpatients offers limited clinical benefit
1. In this systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) addressing nutritional support, which included counseling, oral supplementation, ...
Nebulized saline not associated with bronchiolitis hospital length of stay
1. No significant difference in length of stay (LOS), adverse events, or readmission was appreciated among hospitalized infants with bronchiolitis ...
Medical home linked to lower pediatric readmission rate
1. Presence of an established medical home was associated with a lower, unplanned admission rate within 30-days, but not ...