Search results for "Chronic Kidney Disease"
Inpatients with acute MI face risk of hospital-acquired anemia
Oseltamivir prophylaxis works, but drug may pose reinfection risks
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2010/06/16/3.htm
16 Jun 2010
Hypertensive emergencies
Not everyone with extremely high blood pressure meets the criteria.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/10/hypertensive.htm
15 Oct 2010
Acute renal failure
Documentation and coding of acute renal failure can be problematic, as many different criteria may be used to define the condition.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/11/coding.htm
15 Nov 2010
Test yourself: Renal insufficiency
These cases and commentary, which address renal insufficiency, are excerpted from ACP's Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program (MKSAP15).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/11/ty.htm
15 Nov 2010
Journal watch: Recent studies of note
Kidney decline and mortality in acute severe hypertension, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/12/jw.htm
15 Dec 2010
ACC, AHA release focused update on management of unstable angina, non-ST-elevation MI
The American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association released a focused update this week to their guidelines on management of unstable angina and non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2011/03/30/3.htm
30 Mar 2011
Next-gen computers programmed to listen, advise and diagnose
Will computers someday replace physicians as diagnosticians?.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/08/diagnosis.htm
15 Aug 2011
In the News
Preventing bloodstream infections, management of unstable angina and non-ST-elevation MI, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/08/itn.htm
15 Aug 2011
New model predicts future risk of VTE
Researchers have devised a new algorithm to predict a patient's risk of developing venous thromboembolism (VTE) in the next five years, based on simple clinical variables.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2011/08/24/2.htm
24 Aug 2011
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Always use the currently accepted clinical terminology of“chronic kidney disease” or CKD. ... Stages of chronic kidney disease fromthe National Kidney Foundation. Course Directors: James S.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/09/acph-201109-coding2.pdf
7 Sep 2011