Search results for "Pulmonary Embolism"
Risk of mortality may be increased when hip fracture repair wait time exceeds 24 hours
Targeting surgery within 24 hours would represent a significant change in practice because the majority of patients did not receive surgery within this timeframe, study authors noted.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/12/06/2.htm
6 Dec 2017
A collection of individual cases
Hypercalcemia of malignancy, euglycemic diabetic ketoacidosis, VTE in Klinefelter syndrome, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/11/brief-case-a-collection-of-individual-cases.htm
15 Nov 2017
Readmissions metrics, procalcitonin testing in CAP, and more
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/10/recent-research.htm
15 Oct 2017
Anticoagulation didn't benefit patients with afib secondary to ACS, pulmonary disease, or sepsis
Only a third of the patients were discharged on anticoagulation, and over a three-year follow-up period, receiving anticoagulation was not associated with a significant reduction in ischemic stroke.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/10/04/4.htm
4 Oct 2017
Cases from St. Joseph Mercy Ann Arbor
Amyloid cardiomyopathy, Haemophilus influenzae infection, metastatic melanoma and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/09/brief-case-st-joseph-mercy-ann-arbor.htm
15 Sep 2017
Oh, what a night: The hospital playlist #2
Some songs to get through a tough night shift.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/09/free/newman-hospital-playlist-2.htm
15 Sep 2017
August ACP Hospitalist now online and in the mail
The latest issue of ACP Hospitalist focuses on putting point-of-care ultrasound into practice and has articles on medical care for refugees, high-altitude hospital medicine, and pulmonary embolism.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/08/16/5.htm
16 Aug 2017
Diagnosing pulmonary embolism
A pulmonary embolism can present in a variety of clinical scenarios; however, there are several features that are typical.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/08/expert-analysis-diagnosing-pulmonary-embolism.htm
15 Aug 2017
Training key for point-of-care ultrasound
This issue also features stories on refugee care, high-altitude hospital medicine, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/08/letter-from-the-editor.htm
15 Aug 2017
MKSAP quiz on ultrasound
This month's quiz includes questions from ACP's Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program 17 about ultrasound use.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/08/test-yourself-mksap-quiz-on-ultrasound.htm
15 Aug 2017