Search results for "Perioperative care"
Study finds higher thresholds of troponin I associated with death after cardiac surgery
The troponin level one day after surgery associated with higher risk for death at 30 days was 218 times the upper reference limit (URL) after isolated coronary artery bypass grafting or aortic valve replacement or repair and 499 times the URL after other cardiac surgery.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/03/09/study-finds-higher-thresholds-of-troponin-I-associated-with-death-after-cardiac-surgery.htm
9 Mar 2022
A path for patients returning after joint replacement
The orthopedics service worked with hospital medicine and took more readmitted patients.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/10/success-story-a-path-for-patients-returning-after-joint-replacement.htm
15 Oct 2020
Coding corner
Coding corner Billing for routine perioperative care by hospitalists may require modifiers.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/06/coding.htm
15 Jun 2008
10th Annual Top Hospitalists issue
Meet our 2017 Top Docs.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/11/10th-annual-top-hospitalists.htm
15 Nov 2017
Letter to the Editor
A reader responds to ACP Hospitalist's coverage of perioperative cancer care.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/04/lte.htm
15 Apr 2013
Postop atrial fibrillation carries same stroke risk as other new-onset atrial fibrillation
Patients who first developed atrial fibrillation within 30 days of surgery were less likely to be prescribed an anticoagulant, despite similar risks of stroke and transient ischemic attack as other patients with atrial fibrillation, a study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/07/27/postop-atrial-fibrillation-carries-same-stroke-risk-as-other-new-onset-atrial-fibrillation.htm
27 Jul 2022