Search results for "Chronic Kidney Disease"
Hypertensive emergencies
Not everyone with extremely high blood pressure meets the criteria.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/10/hypertensive.htm
15 Oct 2010
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
Blood loss anemia
Making a distinction between acute and chronic blood loss anemia is important.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/01/coding-blood-loss-anemia.htm
15 Jan 2016
Preventing AKI
Everyone wants to do it, but how?.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/12/preventing-acute-kidney-injury.htm
15 Dec 2015
Malnutrition revisited
Criteria remain problematic from the clinical, coding, and regulatory perspectives and deserve more attention and discussion
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/01/coding-malnutrition-revisited.htm
15 Jan 2017
Kidney decline associated with higher mortality in patients with acute severe hypertension
CDC warns of Q fever in Iraq, Netherlands
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2010/05/19/4.htm
19 May 2010
MKSAP quiz on hypercalcemia
These cases and commentary, which address hypercalcemia, are excerpted from ACP's Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program (MKSAP15).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/05/ty.htm
15 May 2012
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
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
Risks and benefits of warfarin for afib differ with severity of kidney disease
In patients with atrial fibrillation and end-stage CKD requiring renal replacement therapy, warfarin use was not associated with any reduction in stroke risk or mortality, but there was an increased risk of major bleeding.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2015/09/23/4.htm
23 Sep 2015