Search results for "Chronic Kidney Disease"
Physicians' obligations under EMTALA
Some examples explain the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/02/perspectives-physicians-obligations-under-emtala.htm
15 Feb 2019
Heart failure documentation and coding challenges
Identifying the systolic versus diastolic nature of heart failure is crucial for clinical management and coding purposes.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/02/coding-corner-heart-failure-documentation-challenges.htm
15 Feb 2019
coding corner 6 ACP Hospitalist • February 2019 In ...
If the patient also has chronic kidney disease, the connec-tion between it, hypertension, and heart failure is also assumed and a code from category I13 (hypertensive heart and chronic kidney ... As an example, for chronic diastolic heart failure and essential hypertension, the following codes are assigned in this order: I11.0 (hypertensive heart disease with heart failure), I50.32 (chronic
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/02/acph-201902-coding-corner-heart-failure-documentation-challenges_t2.pdf
29 Jan 2019
Fourth universal definition of myocardial infarction
The new definition replaces the term necrosis with the concept of myocardial injury.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/12/coding-corner-fourth-universal-definition-of-myocardial-infarction.htm
15 Dec 2018
coding corner 4 ACP Hospitalist • December 2018 The ...
Ischemic causes include coronary artery disease (CAD), supply-demand mismatch, and postprocedural infarction. ... Troponin levels are commonly elevated without any myocardial injury in chronic kidney disease.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/12/acph-201812-coding-corner-fourth-universal-definition-of-myocardial-infarction_t1.pdf
30 Nov 2018
Sodium bicarbonate and acetylcysteine did not reduce AKI after PCI in patients with CKD
A subgroup analysis of the PRESERVE trial compared sodium bicarbonate with sodium chloride and acetylcysteine with placebo in patients with stage III or IV chronic kidney disease (CKD) who underwent percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/11/21/2.htm
21 Nov 2018
Cases from St. Louis University
Wernicke's encephalopathy, idiopathic splenic infarction, and more
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/11/brief-case-from-st-louis-university.htm
15 Nov 2018
An equation for early postdischarge visits
Queuing theory helped one hospital fit heart failure patients into a clinic soon after discharge.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/11/success-story-an-equation-for-early-postdischarge-visits.htm
15 Nov 2018
Anticonvulsant may increase mortality risk when coprescribed with opioids
All doses of pregabalin were associated with increased odds of opioid-related death compared to taking opioids without pregabalin, but the risk was higher with pregabalin doses above 300 mg/d.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/08/22/4.htm
22 Aug 2018
Chronic kidney disease, including transplants
The stage of chronic kidney disease is crucial to accurate documentation and can only be correctly assigned when glomerular filtration rate is at a stable baseline.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/08/coding-corner-chronic-kidney-disease-including-transplants.htm
15 Aug 2018