Not all-inclusive and can be updated. These are recent articles with findings that may impact or change how you currently practice. 1. Noninvasive ventilation in patients with chronic hypercapnea improves survival, if the PCO2 was lowered by 20% (or to 48 mmHg). Lancet 2014 2. NAC for exacerbations. Meta-analysis Eur Respir Rev 2015; 24: 451–461. […]
Image Upload Instructions
Procedure to upload outside images to Epic without having to take disk to Image Upload Station at HFH-Detroit (1st Floor) or HFH-West Bloomfield (Medical records) 1. Put the disc in the CD drive. 2. Navigate to http://lifeimage.hfhs.org in Internet Explorer. 3. Change the Domain to HFHS and enter your Henry Ford login. 4. Click Upload […]
DTE medical hold form
The attached form provides patient instructions and the medical form to complete. The completed medical form is given to the patient, and they can submit (instructions for email and website are included in the forms). medical-emergency-hold-request
Pneumococcal Vaccine cheat sheet
———— Relevant EPIC orders: PPSV23 =’Pneumococcal Polysaccharide PPSV-23’ = ‘Pneumovax’ = ‘IMM53’ PCV13 = ‘Pneumocococcal Conjugate PCV 13’ = ‘Prevnar-13’ = ‘IMM78’ Please link to appropriate diagnosis: 1. ‘need for prophylactic vaccination against strep pneumococcus’ (Z23) added to Quick Dx section 2. also associate relevant diagnosis (asthma, copd, chronic immunosuppression) if More details including Epic […]
Controlled substance scripts from K17
In an effort to improve the care of our patients, reduce redundant phone calls while prescribing physicians are away, and resolve any confusion, I have adapted the guidelines used on K15 (>8 weeks controlled substance script)
ECMO reference sheet
Fellow’s Reference for ECMO-related Queries Prepared by Alvey, Abu-Sayf, Al-Jasmi, Razvi, Abrencillo FullPDF
Create a customized list in Epic containing specific diagnosis or other criteria
Under epic –> “My Reports” Then click LIBRARY Then search for “diagnosis” There is a heading that says “Find IP Generic Criteria” Under that heading is a search called “HFH Currently Admitted Patients w/Specific Diagnosis on Problem List” –> click edit. To edit this search term, Under the criteria tab, select the problem status and […]
Perioperative risk assessement
Here is calculator in excel for helping to estimate risk of postop complications.
ROSE study inclusion and exclusion criteria
INCLUSION 1. Age > 18 years 2. Presence of all of the following conditions for 8 cm H2O. OR, IF ABG NOT AVAILABLE SpO2/FiO2 ratio that is equivalent to a PaO2/FiO2 8 cm H2O (Appendix A1), and a confirmatory SpO2/FiO2 ratio between 1-6 hours after the initial Sp02/Fi02 ratio determination. b. Bilateral opacities not fully […]
CAM coverage room numbers
UPDATE (accurate as of 3/2022): For CAM-PR (coverage for pulmonary rehab from 1pm – 5pm) you will use Room 232.