Search results for "Resuscitation"
New international guideline updates recommendations on managing patients with nonvariceal GI bleeding
The new guideline is “a step forward,” particularly with regard to new endoscopic therapies and management of upper gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding in patients on antiplatelet or anticoagulant drugs, an editorial noted.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/10/23/1.htm
23 Oct 2019
Recent Research
Urinary test to guide pneumonia treatment, stroke risk after CABG, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/07/rr.htm
15 Jul 2011
Sepsis-3: The world turned upside down
New definitions of sepsis and septic shock represent a radical departure from previous criteria.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/03/coding-sepsis-confusing-part-2.htm
15 Mar 2016
MKSAP: Ventricular tachycardia
The following cases and commentary, which address ventricular tachycardia, are excerpted from ACP’s Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program (MKSAP14).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/04/test.htm
15 Apr 2009
AHA updates guidance for treating life-threatening poisonings
A new focused update from the American Heart Association (AHA) offered 10 take-home messages on management of cardiac arrest, respiratory arrest, and refractory shock due to poisoning.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/09/27/aha-updates-guidance-for-treating-life-threatening-poisonings.htm
27 Sep 2023
Test yourself: Gastrointestinal bleeding
A 52-year-old man is brought to the emergency department after vomiting several cups of maroon-colored blood... and other cases.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/12/test.htm
15 Dec 2007
Blood transfusions and complications
This edition analyzes the clinical and administrative aspects of a fictional hospital patient who had complications from a blood transfusion.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/01/morning-report-blood-transfusions-and-complications.htm
15 Jan 2018
More data on risk factors for poor COVID-19 outcomes, mixed results from treatment trials
A risk calculator, genetic findings, and red blood cell distribution width helped predict severity of and death from COVID-19. Tocilizumab showed benefit, but a number of other treatments, including CPR, did not, according to recent research.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/09/30/1.htm
30 Sep 2020
Debates in sepsis
Experts disagree about use of antibiotics, IV fluids, and quality measures.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/01/debates-in-sepsis.htm
15 Jan 2019
No significant effect seen from routine oxygen therapy in normoxic patients with MI
A subgroup analysis of the DETO2X-AMI trial compared death, rehospitalization with myocardial infarction (MI), and heart failure in patients who had low-normal or high-normal oxygen saturation after MI and were assigned to oxygen therapy or ambient air.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/12/18/3.htm
18 Dec 2019