Search results for "Procedures"
Highlights from ACP Journal Club
MODS assay better at detecting TB but poses challenges in developing countries, et al.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/03/highlight-jc.htm
15 Mar 2007
Venous thromboembolism in the elderly
Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is manifested clinically by deep venous thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE). DVT, usually of the lower extremity, nearly always precedes PE.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/04/elderly.htm
15 Apr 2007
Making sense of stents
Hospitalists are sorting through new evidence that patients who get drug-eluting stents are at risk for potentially deadly stent thrombosis for months, even years, after the devices are implanted. That's added new layers to medical and surgical decision making and put more pressure on hospitalists to facilitate communication among doctors and patients.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/05/best-practices.htm
15 May 2007
More community hospitals performing cutting-edge research
As the role of hospitalists evolves at medical facilities around the country, some community hospital physicians are adding a new line to their job descriptions: medical researcher.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/05/cutting-edge.htm
15 May 2007
Test yourself: Anticoagulant therapy
A 46-year-old woman with no history of pregnancy is evaluated for follow-up monitoring of pulmonary emboli that developed 13 months ago... and other cases.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/05/anti-coag.htm
15 May 2007
Journal watch: recent studies of note
Recent studies about medication errors, EKG abnormalities, and other topics.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/05/journal-watch.htm
15 May 2007
Stents, cholesterol and heart drugs dominate cardiology conference talks
The appropriate use of stents, the efficacy of cholesterol drugs and the safety of heart failure medication were hot topics at the American College of Cardiology's (ACC) 56th Annual Scientific Session, held in New Orleans in March. An unusual number of failed trials were unveiled at the conference.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/05/card-conf.htm
15 May 2007
Making malpractice a little less scary for practitioners
At Internal Medicine 2007, held in San Diego in April, a session on malpractice offered a rare sight—a roomful of physicians applauding a medical malpractice attorney.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/06/malpractice.htm
15 Jun 2007
MKSAP primer: Mechanical ventilation
Ventilatory failure refers to the inability of the respiratory system to sustain its ventilatory function.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/06/mksap-primer.htm
15 Jun 2007
Changes afoot at physician-owned specialty hospitals
When Oklahoma Heart Hospital opened in August 2002 in Oklahoma City, it didn't take long for nearby community hospital Baptist Medical Center to realize it needed to make some changes to offset the loss of patients. But new government and state regulations will mean changes in the specialty hospital workplace in the coming months and years.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/08/cover-story.htm
15 Aug 2007