Q: We recently had a patient who presented with a stage 2 pressure ulcer. Due to hypoperfusion, the pressure ulcer progressed. The physicians are now documenting progression due to “skin failure” due to hypoperfusion. Can you have skin failure at the same site of a pressure ulcer, or...Read More »
Hospital patients discharged after severe SARS-CoV-2 infection followed one of three cognitive trajectories, according to a study published in Alzheimer's & Dementia. In observing 946 severe COVID-...Read More »
Q: A four-year-old managing lissencephaly, hypotonia, and dysphagia with aspiration of secretions presents with fever and tachypnea. A chest x-ray shows right lower lobe infiltrates. Would it be appropriate to query the provider to confirm a diagnosis of pneumonia?...Read More »
In a new survey commissioned by the American Health Management Association (AHIMA), data showed that nearly 80% of healthcare organizations are collecting data on social determinants of health (SDOH), or non-clinical...Read More »
Q: For those patients who are flagging due to a procedure unrelated to the first, what do you do with those? If the issue is found during the surgery and taken care of, they don’t require a trip back to the operating room, but the patient then needs an NG tube to drain their stomach...Read More »
