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Aspirin, rivaroxaban similarly effective at preventing VTE after total hip or total knee arthroplasty

The trial had a number of limitations, including inclusion of few patients at very high risk of a clot, but the results are still likely to be practice-changing, according to an accompanying editorial.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/02/28/1.htm
28 Feb 2018

High ICU utilization for 4 common conditions may drive up costs without improving mortality, study finds

The retrospective cohort study ranked 94 hospitals in Washington State and Maryland by their predicted ICU utilization rates for adult patients hospitalized for diabetic ketoacidosis, pulmonary embolism, upper gastrointestinal bleeding, and congestive heart failure.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/08/10/1.htm
10 Aug 2016

Pseudo-Wellens syndrome with Takotsubo cardiomyopathy

A patient was transferred for evaluation for non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/01/18/free/brief-case-pseudo-wellens-syndrome-with-takotsubo-cardiomyopathy.htm
18 Jan 2023

DOACs better than heparin for periop thromboprophylaxis, review finds

The systematic review and network meta-analysis found lower rates of symptomatic venous thromboembolism in surgical patients given direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) versus the standard dose of low-molecular-weight heparin, without a significant increase in bleeding.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/03/16/doacs-better-than-heparin-for-periop-thromboprophylaxis.htm
16 Mar 2022

Balanced crystalloids vs. saline, antibiotic stewardship, and more

Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/08/recent-research.htm
15 Aug 2018

PE hospitalizations, vena cava filter placements both on the rise

Mortality among Medicare patients hospitalized with pulmonary embolism dropped significantly between 1999 and 2010, regardless of whether they received an inferior vena cava filter.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/03/02/1.htm
2 Mar 2016

PE recurrence same with vena cava filter plus anticoagulation as anticoagulation alone

Adding an inferior vena cava filter did not reduce the risk of recurrent pulmonary embolism (PE) compared to anticoagulation alone, according to a recent study of French patients hospitalized with PE.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2015/05/13/3.htm
13 May 2015