Search results for "Chronic Kidney Disease"
Two models may offer accurate assessment of GFR in older adults
Two newly developed estimates of glomerular filtration rate (GFR) may provide more accurate assessment of kidney function in older adults, a study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2012/10/03/3.htm
3 Oct 2012
October 11, 2023
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https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/10/11/
June 28, 2023
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
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Acute renal failure
A 62-year-old woman with type 2 diabetes mellitus, cerebrovascular disease and chronic kidney disease develops nonoliguric acute renal failure after a left femoral—popliteal bypass... and other cases.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/03/renal.htm
15 Mar 2007
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
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
MKSAP quiz on dermatology
These cases and commentary, which address dermatology, are excerpted from ACP's Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program (MKSAP16).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/12/ty.htm
15 Dec 2012
MKSAP quiz on venous thromboembolism
Patient cases involving recurrent venous thrombophlebitis, post-discharge care for pulmonary embolism, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/12/ty.htm
15 Dec 2014
Full clinical situation should be considered when ordering, interpreting troponin test
Guidance on when to order and how to interpret a troponin level, in order to initiate appropriate treatment and to optimize outcomes, was offered last week by a new consensus document issued by six medical societies.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2012/11/21/1.htm
21 Nov 2012
FDA warns about clarithromycin in heart disease
Details on the latest recalls, alerts, and approvals.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/05/fda-update-warning-about-clarithromycin-in-heart-disease.htm
15 May 2018