Search results for "Stroke"
COVID-19's effects on medical training, stroke care in August ACP Hospitalist
The August ACP Hospitalist is online and in the mail, with articles about academic medicine that focus on pandemic effects, procedure training, and the closure of a residency program. There's also expert advice on strokes associated with COVID-19 and on insulin switches.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/08/12/2.htm
12 Aug 2020
Malnutrition common among patients with ACS, linked to worse outcomes
A retrospective study of Spanish patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) found that while worse malnutrition scores were most strongly related to a lower body mass index, moderate or severe malnourishment was seen in between 8.4% and 36.7% of overweight and obese patients.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/08/12/4.htm
12 Aug 2020
Latest research shows impact of COVID-19 on other health care
Hospitalizations for stroke and myocardial infarction, ED visits, cancer diagnoses, and trials for conditions other than COVID-19 all dropped during the pandemic, recent studies showed.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/08/12/1.htm
12 Aug 2020
Coding differences may explain higher short-term mortality at critical access hospitals
A cross-sectional study of rural Medicare patients assessed differences in risk-adjusted mortality rates between critical access and non-critical access hospitals and found that fewer discharge diagnoses were coded at the former.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/08/05/4.htm
5 Aug 2020
coding corner 6 ACP Hospitalist • August 2020 patients ...
In contrast to CVA, a transient ischemic attack (TIA) is a non-specific description of a transient episode of focal neurological dys-function that completely resolves within 24 hours in the ... A cerebrovascular accident (CVA) is a specific diagnosis defined by: 1) imaging that demonstrates acute cerebral infarction or hem-orrhage, or 2) focal neurological dysfunction lasting 24 hours or more from
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/08/acph-202008-coding-corner-cerebrovascular-disease_t1.pdf
31 Jul 2020
In elderly or low-weight patients with ACS, outcomes better with reduced-dose prasugrel than standard-dose ticagrelor
An age- and weight-adapted dose of prasugrel provided better protection against death, myocardial infarction, stroke, and major bleeding in patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) ages 75 years and older or weighing less than 60 kg, according to a new subgroup analysis of a randomized trial.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/07/22/6.htm
22 Jul 2020
Troponin, vitamin D, and more
Research summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/07/recent-research.htm
15 Jul 2020
Peripherally inserted central catheters
Learn the codes for central venous access procedures.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/07/coding-corner-peripherally-inserted-central-catheters.htm
15 Jul 2020
Cases from Oregon Health & Science University
Thrombus-in-transit, serotonin syndrome, leptospirosis, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/07/brief-case-from-oregon-health-and-science-university.htm
15 Jul 2020
Physiologic assessment for shock associated with use of vasopressors but not fluids, study finds
The authors noted that physiologic assessment was not common in the first 24 hours after shock onset and was performed more often in sicker patients.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/07/08/3.htm
8 Jul 2020