Search results for "Diagnosis"
Use your window into heart failure
A new guideline and experts urge hospitalists to maximize heart failure therapies, but also to be aware of their costs.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/07/27/free/use-your-window-into-heart-failure.htm
27 Jul 2022
Updating heart failure documentation
There are important differences between the 2021 universal definition of heart failure and ICD-10-CM terminology.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/07/27/updating-heart-failure-documentation.htm
27 Jul 2022
Procalcitonin algorithm reduced antibiotic use in patients with acute pancreatitis
A randomized trial assigned some patients to a treatment strategy of starting, stopping, or continuing antibiotics based on whether their procalcitonin test value was more or less than 1.0 ng/mL.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/07/27/procalcitonin-algorithm-reduced-antibiotic-use-in-patients-with-acute-pancreatitis.htm
27 Jul 2022
Postop atrial fibrillation carries same stroke risk as other new-onset atrial fibrillation
Patients who first developed atrial fibrillation within 30 days of surgery were less likely to be prescribed an anticoagulant, despite similar risks of stroke and transient ischemic attack as other patients with atrial fibrillation, a study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/07/27/postop-atrial-fibrillation-carries-same-stroke-risk-as-other-new-onset-atrial-fibrillation.htm
27 Jul 2022
Disseminated histoplasmosis with CNS involvement
A patient progressed from diarrhea and fever to status epilepticus when infection penetrated the central nervous system (CNS).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/07/13/free/brief-case-disseminated-histoplasmosis-with-cns-involvement.htm
13 Jul 2022
ED, outpatient visits for worsening heart failure on the rise since 2010
A cohort study that analyzed encounters in one health system for worsening heart failure found that ED and observation stays and outpatient visits account for approximately half of the visits, with hospitalizations comprising the other half.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/07/06/ed-outpatient-visits-for-worsening-heart-failure-on-the-rise-since-2010.htm
6 Jul 2022
The problem with pulse ox
Research has long indicated that pulse oximeters can overestimate oxygen saturation in patients with darker skin, but experts are now trying raise awareness of the problem.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/06/29/free/the-problem-with-pulse-ox.htm
29 Jun 2022
Study finds no diagnostic benefit from head CT in common psychiatric presentations
In 369 patients in ED and inpatient settings, the diagnostic yield of head CT examinations was 0.00% for indications of suicidal ideation, homicidal ideation, hallucinations, delusions, paranoia, catatonia, and/or psychosis.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/06/29/study-finds-no-diagnostic-benefit-from-head-ct-in-common-psychiatric-presentations.htm
29 Jun 2022
New tool uses NT-proBNP plus clinical characteristics to diagnosis acute heart failure
The accuracy of using guideline-recommended thresholds of N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) alone to diagnose acute heart failure varied by patient age and other characteristics, including body mass index and renal impairment, a study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/06/22/new-tool-uses-nt-pro-bnp-plus-clinical-characteristics-to-diagnosis-acute-heart-failure.htm
22 Jun 2022
New internists choosing to be hospitalists
A study finding that inpatient practice was the overwhelming practice choice of recently certified general internal medicine physicians highlights problems with medical payments and training, experts said.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/06/22/new-internists-choosing-to-be-hospitalists.htm
22 Jun 2022