Search results for "Venous thromboembolism"
MKSAP quiz on venous thromboembolism
Patient cases involving recurrent venous thrombophlebitis, post-discharge care for pulmonary embolism, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/12/ty.htm
15 Dec 2014
Improving in-hospital handoffs
Any physicians who hand off patients may want to consider how well their messages are being understood, especially because patient safety is at stake.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/04/17/4.htm
17 Apr 2019
Puzzling it out together
Hospitalists share strategies for pandemic problems.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/10/puzzling-it-out-together.htm
15 Oct 2020
Major bleeding, mortality risks after VTE similar on DOACs or warfarin
The authors noted that the safety of DOAC treatment of VTE beyond 180 days remains uncertain and that 95% of DOAC users in the study were taking rivaroxaban, so further study of other agents is needed.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/10/25/3.htm
25 Oct 2017
Fewer than 1% of ED patients with syncope found to have PE in retrospective analysis
The findings should discourage the adoption of routine protocols for excluding pulmonary embolism (PE) in all patients presenting to the ED with syncope, the authors said.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/02/07/3.htm
7 Feb 2018
Diuretic guidance, endocarditis risks, and more
Research summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/06/recent-research.htm
15 Jun 2021
Simple steps for sounder sleep
New protocols for blood pressure checks and clot prophylaxis allowed patients to get better sleep at one hospital.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/03/22/simple-steps-for-sounder-sleep.htm
22 Mar 2023
Which patients to anticoagulate and how
Updated guidelines, new drugs are among the things to know to treat venous thromboembolism.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/06/anticoagulation.htm
15 Jun 2017
Web-based decision support tool may help determine safety of outpatient PE management
The tool was added to the patient care workflow in the ED after the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism (PE) was confirmed but before site-of-care decision making was completed.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/11/14/4.htm
14 Nov 2018
Malnutrition, diuretics, and more
Research summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/02/recent-research.htm
15 Feb 2021