Clinical Practice Guideline: Acute Change of Condition

In the long-term care setting a primary goal of identifying acute change of conditions (ACOCs) is to enable staff to evaluate and manage a patient at the facility and avoid transfer to a hospital or emergency room (ER). To achieve this goal, the facility's staff and practitioners must recognize an ACOC and identify its nature, severity, and cause(s). The approach to recognition, assessment, treatment, and monitoring of ACOCs that is proposed in this guideline should result in better management of these events in the long-term care facility and fewer transfers to hospitals and other acute-care settings.

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Product Code: CPG 17
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Note: To earn AMA PRA category 1 credit, see the CME insert included with this CPG or go to www.amdacmedirect.com/acoc.

For additional information, visit the Clinical Corner on Acute Change of Condition.