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Ultrasound may be as effective as CT in diagnosing kidney stones

Ultrasound may be an effective way to diagnose kidney stones with less radiation exposure, a study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2014/09/24/3.htm
24 Sep 2014

March 8, 2023

ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/03/08/

Clinical guideline offers recommendations on reducing recurrent kidney stones

Drinking more fluid to increase urination may reduce the risk of recurrence of kidney stones, a clinical guideline recommended. Monotherapy with a thiazide diuretic, citrate, or allopurinol can be used if increasing fluid intake is not effective, the guideline also stated.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2014/11/05/4.htm
5 Nov 2014

In the News

Malpractice claims, fenoldopam after cardiac surgery in acute kidney injury, beta-lactams and community-acquired pneumonia, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/02/itn.htm
15 Feb 2015

Hydrochlorothiazide no better than placebo for preventing kidney stone recurrence

A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial in Switzerland found that patients with a history of recurring kidney stones were no less likely to experience symptomatic or radiologic recurrence with hydrochlorothiazide versus placebo.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/03/08/hydrochlorothiazide-no-better-than-placebo-for-preventing-kidney-stone-recurrence.htm
8 Mar 2023

Cases from the University of Pittsburgh

A group of cases involving the use of point-of-care ultrasound.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/07/brief-case-from-the-university-of-pittsburgh.htm
15 Jul 2019

The debate over vitamin C for sepsis

Mixed trial results have stirred controversy.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/05/the-debate-over-vitamin-c-for-sepsis.htm
15 May 2020

Catch them if you can

Incidence estimates suggest that more than 1% of medical admissions could be factitious, and that's not counting the patients no one catches.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/09/coverstory.htm
15 Sep 2012

MKSAP quiz on ultrasound

This month's quiz includes questions from ACP's Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program 17 about ultrasound use.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/08/test-yourself-mksap-quiz-on-ultrasound.htm
15 Aug 2017

A collection of individual cases

Hypercalcemia of malignancy, euglycemic diabetic ketoacidosis, VTE in Klinefelter syndrome, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/11/brief-case-a-collection-of-individual-cases.htm
15 Nov 2017

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