Search results for "Cardiac arrest"
Recent Research
Dabigatran outcomes, PPIs and postoperative pneumonia, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/01/rr.htm
15 Jan 2014
Recent Research
Swallowing screens after acute stroke, cardiac complications in CAP, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/05/rr.htm
15 May 2012
Calling for backup before it's needed
Failure to rescue, the failure to identify patients with critical abnormalities and provide the resources necessary to prevent harm, was one of the top three preventable errors found in hospitals in 2004-2006, accounting for 17% of total errors. Experts offer their solutions.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/11/rescue.htm
15 Nov 2008
In-hospital STEMI may increase risk for poor outcomes
Patients who have an ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) while in the hospital often do worse than those who experience STEMI off-site, according to a new study.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2014/01/15/1.htm
15 Jan 2014
Preventing, and measuring risks for, periop problems
A healthy patient asks how long he needs to fast before his 8 a.m. elective surgery. What do you say?
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2012/04/25/1.htm
25 Apr 2012
In the News
Central line infection rates, organizational characteristics of hospitalist groups, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/07/itn.htm
15 Jul 2011
Handheld hematoma scanner, new indication for pneumonia vaccine approved
Details on new approvals and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/03/fda.htm
15 Mar 2012
The Brief Case: Cases from 3 hospitals in Puerto Rico
Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis, idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/09/briefcase.htm
15 Sep 2014
New drug approved for Alzheimer's, warnings issued on CT scans, local anesthetics
Warnings, recalls, approvals.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/02/fda.htm
15 Feb 2010
Vital signs are vital: focus on fever
Human body temperature must rank as one of the earliest “vital signs” recognized by our ancestors.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/03/free/newman.htm
15 Mar 2014