Search results for "Pancreatitis"
Intra-abdominal hypertension monitoring
Our columnist outlines the dangers of intra-abdominal hypertension and its sequela, abdominal compartment syndrome.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/05/tech.htm
15 May 2010
Test yourself: Alcohol abuse
These cases and commentary, which address alcohol abuse, are excerpted from ACP's Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program (MKSAP15).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/12/ty.htm
15 Dec 2010
Cholesterol embolism syndrome
An aging population requiring invasive vascular imaging and procedures is at increased risk for this syndrome. Learn how to recognize it.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/04/expert.htm
15 Apr 2011
When it's not a fever
When you see a patient with a temperature of 101, what do you note in the chart? Probably, “fever,” right? Maybe not.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/06/fever.htm
15 Jun 2011
Some additions for your med list vocabulary
Twenty-one drugs were approved by the FDA last year. An expert details which of them are most likely to matter to hospitalists.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/07/drugs.htm
15 Jul 2011
They read the literature so you don't have to
COPD, stroke and drug choice were among the hot topics in hospital medicine research last year.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/07/literature.htm
15 Jul 2011
MKSAP quiz on diagnostic testing
These cases and commentary, which address diagnostic testing, are excerpted from ACP's Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program (MKSAP15).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/07/ty.htm
15 Jul 2011
New C. diff drug and MRSA test
Details on approval of a new drug for Clostridium difficile, a new test for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/08/fda.htm
15 Aug 2011
Group issues recommendations for parenteral nutrition glutamine supplementation
The American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (ASPEN) last week published a position paper with recommendations for using parenteral nutrition glutamine supplementation.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2011/08/31/1.htm
31 Aug 2011
New tool helps differentiate acute lung injury, cardiogenic pulmonary edema
A simple prediction score may help distinguish patients with acute lung injury from those with cardiogenic pulmonary edema in the early stages of illness.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2011/11/02/3.htm
2 Nov 2011