Search results for "Adverse Events"
New warnings for statins, new drug approval for Cushing's syndrome
Details on warnings, approvals and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/05/fda.htm
15 May 2012
Recent Research
Swallowing screens after acute stroke, cardiac complications in CAP, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/05/rr.htm
15 May 2012
Study suggests not to lower blood pressure in acute phase of stroke
Blood pressure lowering should probably be avoided in the acute phase of stroke, results of a new secondary analysis suggest.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2012/06/06/2.htm
6 Jun 2012
Generic irbesartan, escitalopram approved
Details on approvals, recalls, warnings and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/06/fda.htm
15 Jun 2012
Stop doing that
Nasogastric lavage might be the most egregious example, but there are plenty of others, one expert says.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/06/stop.htm
15 Jun 2012
Acadesine doesn't reduce poor outcomes in CABG patients
A randomized controlled trial found acadesine didn't reduce poor outcomes in intermediate- to high-risk patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), despite an earlier meta-analysis suggesting it would.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2012/07/18/3.htm
18 Jul 2012
ACE inhibitors but not ARBs may decrease pneumonia risk
Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors are associated with a decreased risk for pneumonia, but angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) are not, a new study indicates.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2012/07/18/1.htm
18 Jul 2012
Test Yourself: MKSAP quiz on atrial fibrillation
These cases and commentary, which address atrial fibrillation, are excerpted from ACP's Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program (MKSAP15).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/08/ty.htm
15 Aug 2012
Recent Research
VTE risk after joint replacement, antipsychotics and MI, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/08/rr.htm
15 Aug 2012
Drug may reduce transfusions but increase thrombosis in liver disease patients having elective invasive procedures
Eltrombopag, an oral thrombopoietin-receptor agonist, may reduce the need for platelet transfusions in patients with thrombocytopenia and chronic liver disease who are undergoing invasive elective procedures but is associated with an increased incidence of portal-vein thrombosis, according to a new industry-funded study.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2012/08/29/3.htm
29 Aug 2012