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Dr. Kathleen Akgün on Yale Cancer Answers
Dr. Kathleen Akgün on Yale Cancer Answers.
4 Mar 2024
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Use of Palliative Care for ICU Patients, Families
Admission into the intensive care unit (ICU) can result in many pressures for ICU teams who support them. However, the needs of patients and families can be overwhelming for ICU and palliative care teams. A recent review from researchers at Yale investigated the symptoms of patients in the ICU, the palliative care resources available to address them, and strategies for incorporating palliative medicine principles into the ICU to improve patient- and family-centered care.
8 Jan 2024
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Highlighting Gender-based Differences in Alcohol-associated Hepatitis
During her Yale School of Medicine fellowships in gastroenterology and transplant hepatology, Anahita Rabiee, MD, MHS, instructor of medicine (digestive diseases), saw a lot of men and women admitted with alcohol-associated hepatitis—the most severe form of alcohol-related liver disease—at Yale New Haven Hospital. At the time, she couldn’t help noticing that women with this condition tended to have worse outcomes than men.
2 Aug 2023
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Department of Internal Medicine Promotions and Reappointments
Congratulations to the following associate professors who were recently promoted or reappointed.
21 Mar 2023
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Discoveries & Impact (February 2023)
Discoveries & Impact highlights select scientific discoveries across the Department of Internal Medicine...
15 Feb 2023
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Excess Medications and Alcohol Misuse by People With HIV Increase Delirium Risk
A Yale study shows that older people with HIV are at greater risk for delirium than people who are HIV negative if they take multiple medications or consume too much alcohol.
13 Feb 2023
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Discoveries & Impact (November 2022)
Discoveries & Impact highlights select scientific discoveries per section across the Department of Internal Medicine...
16 Nov 2022
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The Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine’s September 2021 Issue on Health Equity Has Been Published
The Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine’s September 2021 issue on Health Equity has been published on PubMed Central. The YJBM September 2021 focus issue explores the breadth and complexity of health inequities research in the US and abroad.
30 Sep 2021
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Voices of DEI: Kathleen Akgün, MD, MS
Introducing Kathleen Akgün, MD, MS, of the Section of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine.
7 Sep 2021
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Despite the challenges of COVID-19, Yale-PCCSM section members continued their work on scientific papers
Despite the challenges of COVID-19, Yale-PCCSM section members continued their work on scientific papers
23 Jun 2021
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Discoveries & Impact (November 2020)
Discoveries & Impact (November 2020)
10 Nov 2020
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Discoveries & Impact (October 2020)
Discoveries & Impact (October 2020)
14 Oct 2020
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Palliative Care Principles Can Ease COVID-19 Challenges
Even though social distancing prevents healthcare workers from implementing a full suite of palliative care measures, Schulman-Green, Feder, and Akgün advocate for using these principles whenever possible.
Source: Yale School of Nursing
22 Apr 2020
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Prescribed opioids raise risk of pneumonia in patients with and without HIV
Taking prescribed opioids raises the risk of pneumonia in individuals with and without HIV, a new Yale-led study finds.
6 Jan 2019
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Kathleen Akgün interviewed on "ethics issues in withholding life-sustaining treatments in the setting of suspected suicide"
In this podcast, Dr. Sarah Beesley interviews Dr. David Chooljian from Loma Linda University and Loma Linda VA, as well as incoming Chair of the ATS Ethics and Conflict of Interest (ECOI) Committee, and Dr. Kathleen Akgün from Yale School of Medicine and VA Connecticut Healthcare System and an ATS ECOI member about the ethics surrounding withholding life-sustaining treatments in the setting of suicide attempts.
Source: ATS Podcasts
13 Jun 2017