Search results for "Thromboprophylaxis"
Recent Research
HCAHPS scores, order sets for COPD inpatients, warfarin in brain injury patients, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/11/rr.htm
15 Nov 2014
In the News
Defensive orders, arterial catheters in mechanically ventilated ICU patients, advanced practice providers, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/12/itn.htm
15 Dec 2014
From too little to too much
Experts struggle to find the optimal venous thromboembolism prophylaxis strategy.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/01/coverstory.htm
15 Jan 2015
Septic ICU patients had high rate of VTE despite prophylaxis
More than a third of ICU patients with severe sepsis or septic shock had a venous thromboembolism (VTE) despite receiving recommended thromboprophylaxis, a recent study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2015/07/01/1.htm
1 Jul 2015
Recent Research
MERS information, NSAIDs and antidepressants, ICDs in older patients, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/09/recent-research.htm
15 Sep 2015
Heart failure may be independent risk factor for VTE
Researchers performed a systematic review and meta-analysis to examine the absolute and relative risks (RRs) for venous thromboembolism after hospital admission in patients with heart failure, finding a pooled RR of 1.51 compared to other hospitalized patients.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2015/12/16/3.htm
16 Dec 2015
Recent Research
Hyperglycemia and cerebral venous thrombosis outcomes, “opt-out” HIV screening, invasive versus conservative strategy in elderly cardiac patients, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/03/recent-research.htm
15 Mar 2016
Some ventilator bundle components may yield more benefit than others, study suggests
The bundle components examined were head-of-bed elevation, interruption of sedative infusion, spontaneous breathing trials, thromboprophylaxis, stress ulcer prophylaxis, and oral care with chlorhexidine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/07/27/3.htm
27 Jul 2016
Recent Research
Ambulatory ECG monitoring after stroke, benefit of ventilator bundle components, alteplase and long-term survival after ischemic stroke, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/11/recent-research.htm
15 Nov 2016
Getting the most from advanced practice providers
Hospitalists team up with nurse practitioners and physician assistants.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/12/advanced-practice-providers.htm
15 Dec 2016