Search results for "Therapeutics"
Puzzling it out together
Hospitalists share strategies for pandemic problems.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/10/puzzling-it-out-together.htm
15 Oct 2020
Latest COVID-19 research on dexamethasone, hydroxychloroquine, vaccines, tocilizumab
Peer-reviewed details on the recent trial of dexamethasone were released, and two new trials found no benefit to early treatment with hydroxychloroquine. Positive data from three vaccine trials were also published, as was another study of tocilizumab.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/07/22/1.htm
22 Jul 2020
The battle against COVID-19
Hospitalists from New York, New Orleans, and Phoenix share their pandemic stories.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/11/the-battle-against-covid-19.htm
15 Nov 2020
D-dimer, lung ultrasound, and ICU protocols all helpful, latest COVID-19 research says
D-dimer predicted clots in ICU patients better than scores or other markers, lung ultrasound was an effective triage tool, and a protocol for respiratory failure improved ICU survival early on in the pandemic, recent studies found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/09/23/1.htm
23 Sep 2020
Hypocoagulopathy
Correct coding and sequencing of codes for patients admitted with hypocoagulopathy can be tricky.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/05/18/coding-corner-hypocoagulopathy.htm
18 May 2022
STEMI outcomes similar whether patients present on or off hours, French study finds
No between-group difference was seen in median time from symptoms to first medical contact or from first medical contact to sheath insertion, rate of radial access for catheterization, or in-hospital and one-year mortality.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/11/06/4.htm
6 Nov 2019
Answers and even more questions on COVID-19 vaccines
In a fourth forum from ACP and Annals of Internal Medicine, infectious disease experts Carlos del Rio, MD, FACP, Paul Sax, MD, and Deborah Cotton, MD, MPH, FACP, discussed COVID-19 vaccines and their implementation, as well as other aspects of the pandemic response.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/03/31/1.htm
31 Mar 2021
How to handle biased patients
Hospitalists have developed strategies for these problematic encounters.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/06/how-to-handle-biased-patients.htm
15 Jun 2020
Electronic medication reconciliation not associated with better postdischarge outcomes
A recent cluster randomized trial looked at whether an electronic system that retrieved insurer information on outpatient medications affected adverse drug events, readmissions, or mortality in the 30 days after discharge.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/09/25/3.htm
25 Sep 2019
Maria and her mother
Occasionally, as I pulled the door closed behind me, leaving her alone in darkness again, I heard her phoning her daughter, Maria.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/11/maria-and-her-mother.htm
15 Nov 2020