Search results for "Syncope"
Working the Hawaiian night shift
A nocturnist discusses a move that changed his life for the better.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/09/perspectives.htm
15 Sep 2012
Real cases from Yale-New Haven Hospital
The Brief Case is a new, quarterly column comprising summaries of real-life inpatient cases.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/09/brief.htm
15 Sep 2012
Mobilization after stroke: Is sooner better?
Mobilization is generally considered appropriate therapy, but there is no firm guidance on how early it should begin.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/10/stroke.htm
15 Oct 2012
MKSAP quiz on stroke
These cases and commentary, which address stroke, are excerpted from ACP's Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program (MKSAP15).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/10/ty.htm
15 Oct 2012
Recent Research
Statins and stroke, azithromycin and mortality, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/10/rr.htm
15 Oct 2012
Meta-cognition and its impact on physician self-diagnosis
A physician tried to self-diagnose his symptoms of a feeling of suffocation and a change in gait. Experts review the cognitive biases that made the doctor overlook the right diagnosis.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/10/graymatters.htm
15 Oct 2012
Documentation of medical necessity
“Medical necessity” is a vague standard, but it's a crucial one to try to understand.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/11/coding.htm
15 Nov 2012
Improve core measure compliance with electronic medical record tools
A hospitalist explains how his facility uses its EHR to meet CMS core measures.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/11/perspectives.htm
15 Nov 2012
Cases from Yale-New Haven Hospital
This new quarterly column summarizes interesting patients in their doctors' words.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/11/briefcase.htm
15 Nov 2012
Documentation of medical necessity
Congestive heart failure, syncope and presyncope, and transient ischemic attack are discussed.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/12/coding.htm
15 Dec 2012