Search results for "Anticoagulation"
Anticoagulation for heart failure and afib associated with reductions in mortality, but maybe not readmissions
Starting anticoagulation for older patients with heart failure and atrial fibrillation at hospital discharge was associated with improved mortality at 1 and 3 years but was not associated with improved rates of all-cause cardiovascular readmission or stroke, a study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2014/09/17/4.htm
17 Sep 2014
Cases from the Medical College of Wisconsin
A mycotic aneurysm, retroperitoneal hematoma, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/02/28/free/cases-from-the-medical-college-of-wisconsin.htm
28 Feb 2024
Oral anticoagulants compared for risk of recurrent VTE, major bleeds
All oral anticoagulants and antiplatelet agents reduced recurrence of venous thromboembolism (VTE) compared with placebo, with aspirin reducing risk the least and vitamin K antagonists reducing it the most, a meta-analysis found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2013/09/11/4.htm
11 Sep 2013
April 2015
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/04/
Score may help determine safe anticoagulation with warfarin in patients with liver disease
A 4-point score may help clinicians determine which patients with chronic liver disease can safely receive warfarin, a new study reported.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2014/05/21/3.htm
21 May 2014
Diagnose, address cognitive impairment in heart failure patients, society says
A new scientific statement from the Heart Failure Society of America advises clinicians to be alert to clues such as difficulty with money or running out of medicine, among other recommendations.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/03/20/diagnose-address-cognitive-impairment-in-heart-failure-patients-society-says.htm
20 Mar 2024
Anticoagulation beneficial for patients with afib plus 1 stroke risk factor
For patients with no additional stroke risk factors, oral anticoagulant use was not associated with any difference in stroke, embolism, or death rates, before or after adjustment for age and gender.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2015/10/07/1.htm
7 Oct 2015
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
December 2010
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/12/
S. aureus, anticoagulants raise risk of endocarditis complications
In patients with infective endocarditis, four significant risk factors were associated with all neurological complications, while antimicrobial therapy reduced the risk, a new study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2013/05/15/3.htm
15 May 2013