Search results for "Cardiology"
How to identify heart failure in the hospital
About 80% of the time, a good history and physical can diagnose a patient with true heart failure.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/04/05/3.htm
5 Apr 2017
MKSAP quiz on pulmonary embolism
This month's quiz includes questions from ACP's Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program (MKSAP 18) on pulmonary embolism.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/06/mksap-quiz-on-pulmonary-embolism.htm
15 Jun 2020
New score for predicting inpatient mortality after acute myocardial infarction
Factors independently associated with inpatient mortality after acute myocardial infarction included age, heart rate, systolic blood pressure, presentation after cardiac arrest, presentation in cardiogenic shock, presentation in heart failure, presentation with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction, creatinine clearance, and troponin ratio.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/08/03/4.htm
3 Aug 2016
NSTEMI algorithm, metabolic acidemia, and more
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/02/recent-research.htm
15 Feb 2019
Fondaparinux associated with fewer HIT complications than approved anticoagulants in industry-funded study
Despite not being an FDA-approved treatment for suspected heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT), fondaparinux was the most-used drug in the study, which compared it to danaparoid, argatroban, and lepirudin.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/11/22/1.htm
22 Nov 2017
Aspirin overuse persists in afib
Hospitalists can help match practice to guidelines.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/10/aspirin-overuse-afib.htm
15 Oct 2016
AHA scientific statement offers guidance on LV thrombus
Treat patients with left ventricular (LV) thrombus after myocardial infarction with oral anticoagulants for three months, the American Heart Association (AHA) said, among other recommendations.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/09/21/aha-scientific-statement-offers-guidance-on-lv-thrombus.htm
21 Sep 2022
Nutrition, glycemic control, and more
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/11/recent-research.htm
15 Nov 2019
Manage meds to treat GI bleeding before, after endoscopy
Care of inpatients with GI bleeding is complicated and multidisciplinary, but hospitalists can contribute by starting and stopping the right drugs, according to a speaker at Internal Medicine Meeting 2022.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/05/18/free/manage-meds-to-treat-gi-bleeding-before-after-endoscopy.htm
18 May 2022
Heart failure gets a new drug
Sacubitril/valsartan attracted attention even before approval.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/09/heart-failure-drugs.htm
15 Sep 2015