Search results for "Chronic Kidney Disease"
Cases from the University of Connecticut
Acetaminophen overdose, refractory afib, critical aortic stenosis, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/01/brief-case-university-of-connecticut.htm
15 Jan 2018
Advance care planning
Medicare began paying for advance care planning services in 2016 to encourage such conversations and compensate clinicians for the time spent having them.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/12/coding-advance-care-planning.htm
15 Dec 2017
Major bleeding, mortality risks after VTE similar on DOACs or warfarin
The authors noted that the safety of DOAC treatment of VTE beyond 180 days remains uncertain and that 95% of DOAC users in the study were taking rivaroxaban, so further study of other agents is needed.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/10/25/3.htm
25 Oct 2017
Recurrent C. diff, decision tree for sepsis, and more
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/10/in-the-news.htm
15 Oct 2017
Large recall of sodium bicarbonate and other injectables
Details on the latest warnings, recalls, and approvals.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/09/fda-update.htm
15 Sep 2017
Recurrent C. difficile infections more than doubled between 2001 and 2012
Risk factors for multiply recurrent Clostridium difficile infection included being older, being female, having chronic kidney disease, residing in a nursing home, and having taken antibiotics, proton-pump inhibitors, or corticosteroids, the retrospective study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/07/12/3.htm
12 Jul 2017
Fight diuretic resistance with the right dose
Treating decompensated heart failure is more complicated than simply prescribing a diuretic.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/06/heart-failure-diuretics.htm
15 Jun 2017
Standardized rounds, antibiotics and acute kidney injury, and more
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/06/in-the-news.htm
15 Jun 2017
Imaging not associated with increased AKI risk in stroke patients, study finds
The meta-analysis compared rates of acute kidney injury (AKI) among patients (including some with chronic kidney disease) who underwent computed tomographic (CT) angiography, CT perfusion, or noncontrast CT.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/06/14/1.htm
14 Jun 2017
Studies on infectious diseases, neurology, and more
Isolation precautions may not always be of benefit.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/03/recent-research.htm
15 Mar 2017