Search results for "Cardiology"
Postop deaths, sepsis projects
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/02/recent-research.htm
15 Feb 2020
Choosing a management option for ACS
An expert reviews antiplatelet, antithrombotic, and invasive options.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/06/choosing-a-management-option-for-acs.htm
15 Jun 2020
New pathway may rule out more patients, miss fewer MIs than guideline-approved pathway
Researchers compared the safety and efficacy of the European Society of Cardiology rule-out pathway and the new pathway, which incorporates lower cardiac troponin concentrations.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/01/11/1.htm
11 Jan 2017
De-Mentored
Learn how not to mentor.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/03/free/newmans-notions-de-mentored.htm
15 Mar 2021
CMS metric for 30-day readmissions may not be linked with improved care quality, outcomes after MI
Overall adherence to acute process-of-care measures for myocardial infarction (MI) was high and did not differ significantly by whether hospitals had more or fewer admissions.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/05/03/2.htm
3 May 2017
A transfusion threshold for everyone
Evidence indicates restrictive thresholds are better for most inpatients.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/06/a-transfusion-threshold-for-everyone.htm
15 Jun 2020
Hospital use of smartphone social network system may reduce total ischemic time in transferred STEMI patients, study finds
Clinicians at 5 hospitals installed the smartphone app, which allowed emergency physicians at non-PCI hospitals to send patient information (name, sex, pain onset, and estimated departure time) and a photo of the EKG taken by a smartphone camera.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/09/21/3.htm
21 Sep 2016
Algorithms for suspected myocardial infarction perform worse in falling troponin pattern
Researchers compared the performance of the European Society of Cardiology 0/1- and 0/3-hour algorithms by whether patients had stable, falling, or rising patterns of high-sensitivity cardiac troponin I and T.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/05/17/algorithms-for-suspected-myocardial-infarction-perform-worse-in-falling-troponin-pattern.htm
17 May 2023
Negative high-sensitivity troponin T assays in ED may help avoid unnecessary admissions
Patients with symptoms of acute coronary syndrome but two negative high-sensitivity troponin T assays were unlikely to have adverse cardiovascular events in the next 30 days.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/12/20/1.htm
20 Dec 2017
Troponin levels in chronic kidney disease
Learn how to use cardiac troponins to diagnose acute coronary syndrome in chronic kidney disease.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/02/expert-analysis-troponin-levels-in-chronic-kidney-disease.htm
15 Feb 2020