Search results for "Kidney Function"
MKSAP quiz on anticoagulation
Cases involving anticoagulants for afib after PCI, periprocedural anticoagulation, and others are presented.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/10/mskap-anticoagulation.htm
15 Oct 2016
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
Troponin levels in chronic kidney disease
Learn how to use cardiac troponins to diagnose acute coronary syndrome in chronic kidney disease.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/02/expert-analysis-troponin-levels-in-chronic-kidney-disease.htm
15 Feb 2020
6 keys to managing the cirrhotic inpatient
At a session on inpatient gastrointestinal (GI) consults, Cmdr. Patrick E. Young, MD, FACP, aimed to put attendees at ease regarding cirrhotic inpatients.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2015/05/06/1.htm
6 May 2015
Focusing on acute MI in women
An expert offers insight on the American Heart Association's first scientific statement on the topic.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/07/q-a-acute-MI-in-women.htm
15 Jul 2016
Cases from Oregon Health & Science University
Emphysematous pyelonephritis, copper deficiency, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/04/brief-case-from-oregon-health-and-science-university.htm
15 Apr 2021
Microsporidiosis detected as a transplant-associated disease
A recent public health investigation by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that febrile illness in 3 transplant recipients was caused by Encephalitozoon cuniculi in their common donor.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2014/02/26/4.htm
26 Feb 2014
COVID-19 and obesity, AKI, DKA, antibiotics, symptom checkers, hospital prep
Acute kidney injury (AKI) and diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) were worse with COVID-19, antibiotics were overused, and an online symptom checker didn't triage safely, but most hospitals had enough ICU beds and preprocedural COVID-19 testing showed that vaccinations reduced asymptomatic infections.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/03/17/1.htm
17 Mar 2021
A collection of individual cases
Cases involving gout, Guillain-Barré syndrome, granulomatosis with polyangiitis, and others are discussed.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/07/brief-case-individual.htm
15 Jul 2015
Recent Research
Short-term NSAIDS and MI risk, VTE after colorectal surgery, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/11/rr.htm
15 Nov 2011