Search results for "Pulmonary Embolism"
SGLT2 inhibitors get new warning, rosiglitazone gets off REMS
Details on the latest recalls, warnings, and approvals.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/02/fda.htm
15 Feb 2016
High ICU utilization for 4 common conditions may drive up costs without improving mortality, study finds
The retrospective cohort study ranked 94 hospitals in Washington State and Maryland by their predicted ICU utilization rates for adult patients hospitalized for diabetic ketoacidosis, pulmonary embolism, upper gastrointestinal bleeding, and congestive heart failure.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/08/10/1.htm
10 Aug 2016
Pseudo-Wellens syndrome with Takotsubo cardiomyopathy
A patient was transferred for evaluation for non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/01/18/free/brief-case-pseudo-wellens-syndrome-with-takotsubo-cardiomyopathy.htm
18 Jan 2023
Balanced crystalloids vs. saline, antibiotic stewardship, and more
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/08/recent-research.htm
15 Aug 2018
DOACs better than heparin for periop thromboprophylaxis, review finds
The systematic review and network meta-analysis found lower rates of symptomatic venous thromboembolism in surgical patients given direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) versus the standard dose of low-molecular-weight heparin, without a significant increase in bleeding.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/03/16/doacs-better-than-heparin-for-periop-thromboprophylaxis.htm
16 Mar 2022
August 2014
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/08/
PE recurrence same with vena cava filter plus anticoagulation as anticoagulation alone
Adding an inferior vena cava filter did not reduce the risk of recurrent pulmonary embolism (PE) compared to anticoagulation alone, according to a recent study of French patients hospitalized with PE.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2015/05/13/3.htm
13 May 2015
PE hospitalizations, vena cava filter placements both on the rise
Mortality among Medicare patients hospitalized with pulmonary embolism dropped significantly between 1999 and 2010, regardless of whether they received an inferior vena cava filter.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/03/02/1.htm
2 Mar 2016
Infusion pump recalls, fecal transplant alert
Details on recalls, warnings, and approvals.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/05/fda-update-infusion-pump-recalls-fecal-transplant-alert.htm
15 May 2020
MKSAP quiz on mechanical ventilation
This month's quiz includes questions from ACP's Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program (MKSAP 18) on mechanical ventilation.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/05/mksap-quiz-on-mechanical-ventilation.htm
15 May 2020