Search results for "healthy"
Laughter's still the best medicine
It's a form of comedic encephalopathy (acute on chronic), a clinical manifestation of humor as a defense mechanism.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/11/laughters-still-best-medicine.htm
15 Nov 2020
MKSAP quiz on acute kidney injury
This month's quiz includes questions from ACP's Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program (MKSAP 18) on acute kidney injury.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/03/mksap-quiz-on-acute-kidney-injury.htm
15 Mar 2021
New option approved for reversal of anticoagulation
An alternative to plasma (Prothrombin Complex Concentrate, Human; brand name, Kcentra) was approved by the FDA last week for the urgent reversal of vitamin K antagonist (VKA) anticoagulation in adults with acute major bleeding.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2013/05/08/6.htm
8 May 2013
Alcohol detox: To admit or not?
Protocols can help simplify decision on admission.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/08/detox.htm
15 Aug 2014
Antibiotic resistance lasts up to a year
Preoperative statins protect elective abdominal aortic aneurysm patientsRepair methods for abdominal aortic aneurysms yield similar long-term mortality rates
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2010/05/26/2.htm
26 May 2010
Individual case: Cardiac tamponade and acute liver failure
A transfer patient with atrial fibrillation and acute liver failure.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/01/brief-case-individual-cardiac-tamponade.htm
15 Jan 2019
Take a chronology instead of a history
A chronology of present illness, an alternative history-taking strategy, can help medical student organize the more traditional history of present illness.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/04/success.htm
15 Apr 2017
Zolpidem linked to greater inpatient fall risk
Inpatients taking zolpidem are significantly more likely to fall than those not taking the drug, a new study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2012/12/05/2.htm
5 Dec 2012
Multivitamins not protective after first MI
High doses of multivitamins and minerals didn't protect against secondary cardiovascular events in stable patients who had experienced a myocardial infarction (MI), a new study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2013/12/18/4.htm
18 Dec 2013
Drug-associated endocarditis on the rise
Hospitals face consequences of opioid addiction and difficult choices about treating endocarditis.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/10/drug-associated-endocarditis.htm
15 Oct 2017