Search results for "Syncope"
Patient deaths linked to weight-loss device
Details on the latest recalls, warnings, and approvals.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/08/fda-update-patient-deaths-linked-to-weight-loss-device.htm
15 Aug 2018
New algorithm may help guide empiric therapy for patients with any type of pneumonia
The algorithm classified patients into four groups based on severity of illness (i.e., need for mechanical ventilation or ICU admission) and the presence of other risk factors for multidrug-resistant pathogens.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/08/08/3.htm
8 Aug 2018
Omitting ACE inhibitor before surgery reduced intraoperative hypotension, study finds
Postoperative hypotension was slightly less frequent when patients' usual angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor dose was omitted, but postoperative hypertension was slightly increased.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/08/01/1.htm
1 Aug 2018
qSOFA for mortality prediction, preoperative breathing exercises, and more
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/07/recent-research.htm
15 Jul 2018
Cases from the University of Wisconsin
Blastomycosis-induced ARDS, medication-associated microscopic colitis, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/07/brief-case-from-the-university-of-wisconsin.htm
15 Jul 2018
Epinephrine and norepinephrine compared to treat shock after myocardial infarction
Fifty-seven patients in France were randomly assigned to receive epinephrine or norepinephrine, with a primary efficacy outcome of cardiac index evolution and a primary safety outcome of refractory cardiogenic shock.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/07/04/4.htm
4 Jul 2018
Linking severe sepsis and hyperlactatemia
Is it acceptable, in coding for a patient with sepsis, to automatically link lactic acidosis to acute organ dysfunction?
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/06/coding-corner-severe-sepsis-and-hyperlactatemia.htm
15 Jun 2018
H2 blockers prevented clinically important GI bleeding better than PPIs in ICU patients
The retrospective study included 70,093 ICU patients who had at least one risk factor for stress ulcers and therefore had received a proton-pump inhibitor (PPI) or histamine H2-receptor antagonist (H2 blocker) for three or more days.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/06/06/2.htm
6 Jun 2018
Syncope, latent TB, and perioperative aspirin
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/05/recent-research.htm
15 May 2018
MKSAP quiz on sepsis
This month's quiz includes questions from ACP's Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program 17 about sepsis.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/04/mksap-quiz-on-sepsis.htm
15 Apr 2018