Search results for "Syncope"
Journal watch: Recent studies of note
Kidney decline and mortality in acute severe hypertension, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/12/jw.htm
15 Dec 2010
New cholesterol drug class; FDA investigates gadolinium
Details on the latest recalls, warnings, and approvals.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/10/fda.htm
15 Oct 2015
Teaching high-value care
An assistant dean for health care value discusses a new track in care transformation for residents.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/03/q-and-a-teaching-high-value-care.htm
15 Mar 2017
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
Acute kidney injury revisited
Terminology is especially important.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/06/coding-acute-kidney-injury.htm
15 Jun 2015
Sepsis is still confusing
Diagnostic criteria are often misapplied.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/02/coding-sepsis-confusing-part-1.htm
15 Feb 2016
Cases from Massachusetts General Hospital
Henoch-Schönlein purpura in an adult, serotonin syndrome presenting as myoclonus and hyperreflexia, dengue fever, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/05/brief-case.htm
15 May 2015
Catching postop problems
An expert offers tips on dealing with postoperative fever, urinary retention, nausea and vomiting, acute kidney injury, and atrial fibrillation.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/11/22/catching-postop-problems.htm
22 Nov 2023
MKSAP primer: Heart failure
Initial diagnostic testing of the patient with heart failure includes obtaining an electrocardiogram, a chest radiograph, and an echocardiogram, as well as blood chemistry evaluation.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/11/mksap.htm
15 Nov 2007
Urinalysis often ordered without indication on admission, study finds
Patients who received urinalysis not based on symptoms were more likely to receive unnecessary antibiotics.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2015/08/26/2.htm
26 Aug 2015