Search results for "Imaging"
IDSA releases new guidelines for treatment of patients with aspergillosis
The recommendations update the 2008 guidelines with increased evidence for antifungal therapies and diagnostic tests.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/07/13/3.htm
13 Jul 2016
A collection of individual cases
Catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome, diabetic muscle infarction, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/09/brief-case-collection-of-individual-cases.htm
15 Sep 2019
Patients with and without lesions have similar outcomes after nondisabling ischemic stroke
Twenty-nine percent of patients who had a nondisabling ischemic stroke did not have a lesion identified on diffusion-weighted MRI.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2015/10/07/2.htm
7 Oct 2015
Scientific statement offers guidance on myocardial ischemia after cardiac surgery
Diagnosis of acute postoperative myocardial ischemia is made challenging by the absence of universally accepted criteria for the condition, according to experts gathered by the American Heart Association.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/06/28/scientific-statement-offers-guidance-on-myocardial-ischemia-after-cardiac-surgery.htm
28 Jun 2023
ACP issues best practice advice on evaluating suspected PE
The evidence-based expert advice is intended for both inpatient and outpatient physicians, and includes topics such as how to act on D-dimer results.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2015/09/30/1.htm
30 Sep 2015
Low-value preop screening frequently led to additional low-value care, study finds
Chest X-rays and EKGs of low-risk patients before low- or intermediate-risk surgery were followed by high rates of repeat tests, follow-up imaging, and follow-up visits, according to a retrospective analysis of Veterans Health Administration data.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/04/27/low-value-preop-screening-frequently-led-to-additional-low-value-care.htm
27 Apr 2022
Age-adjusting D-dimer results improves predictive ability with Wells rule
The percentage of patients in whom pulmonary embolism could be ruled out without imaging was increased with use of the age-adjusted cutoff (33% vs. 28%), the analysis found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/05/18/2.htm
18 May 2016
Stroke imaging and AKI, beta-blockers after MI, and more.
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/01/recent-research.htm
15 Jan 2018
Ultrasound may be as effective as CT in diagnosing kidney stones
Ultrasound may be an effective way to diagnose kidney stones with less radiation exposure, a study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2014/09/24/3.htm
24 Sep 2014
Stroke and TIA
A transient neurologic deficit lasting 24 hours or more, even when imaging studies are unremarkable, is a cerebrovascular accident, not TIA.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/12/coding-stroke-TIA.htm
15 Dec 2015