Search results for "Atrial Fibrillation"
Apixaban linked to lower risk of serious bleeding compared to warfarin in patients with or without afib
A comparison of direct oral anticoagulants and warfarin found that apixaban had the lowest number needed to treat to avoid one extra major bleed compared to warfarin, while rivaroxaban had the lowest number needed to harm with death from bleeding.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/07/11/3.htm
11 Jul 2018
Acute exacerbations of COPD associated with risk for acute cardiovascular event
The results highlight how an acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) may be an opportunity to implement cardiovascular prevention measures in high-risk patients, the authors said.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/06/20/2.htm
20 Jun 2018
Readmission impossible
A dedicated team strives to keep a complex patient out of the hospital.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/06/newmans-notions-readmission-impossible.htm
15 Jun 2018
High d-dimer level on admission for heart failure may indicate higher short-term stroke risk
The study found the optimal d-dimer cutoff value for the risk of ischemic stroke in the hospital or within 30 days was 3.5 µg/mL, and no patients with a d-dimer level under the reference limit of normal had a stroke during follow-up.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/06/13/1.htm
13 Jun 2018
Complications due to medications and toxic substances
ICD-10-CM classifies adverse therapeutic drug reactions as adverse effects, poisoning, or underdosing.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/05/coding-complications-due-to-medications-and-toxic-substances.htm
15 May 2018
6 ACP Hospitalist • May 2018 coding corner The ...
For a patient who presents with a recurrent episode of rapid atrial fibrillation caused by nonadherence to amiodarone therapy for rhythm con-trol, paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (I48.0) is sequenced first,
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/05/acph-201805-coding-complications-due-to-medications-and-toxic-substances_t3.pdf
2 May 2018
Frail elderly, Enterobacteriaceae infections, and more
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/03/recent-research.htm
15 Mar 2018
A prescription for medication errors
A simplified approach to medication adherence could lead to better outcomes, according to two physicians who propose steps for clinicians and the health care system to prevent adverse medication events.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/03/perspectives-prescription-for-medication-errors.htm
15 Mar 2018
Cases from the Kaiser Permanente Santa Rosa Medical Center
Infective endocarditis, milk-alkali syndrome, and multiple myeloma.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/03/brief-case-kaiser-permanente-santa-rosa-medical-center.htm
15 Mar 2018
After ICH, patients on NOACs appear more likely to survive to discharge than those on warfarin
The findings in patients with intracerebral hemorrhage suggest that non–vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants may be better than warfarin for patients requiring an anticoagulant with or without concomitant antiplatelet therapy, the authors said.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/01/31/2.htm
31 Jan 2018