Search results for "Troponin"
Bulk of patients with MI after noncardiac surgery don't have ischemic symptoms
More than 65% of patients who have a myocardial infarction (MI) within 30 days of noncardiac surgery don't experience ischemic symptoms, a new study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2011/04/20/3.htm
20 Apr 2011
Testing the tests
An expert gives advice on which tests may be most helpful in diagnosing intensive care patients.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/06/testing.htm
15 Jun 2011
MKSAP quiz on diagnostic testing
These cases and commentary, which address diagnostic testing, are excerpted from ACP's Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program (MKSAP15).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/07/ty.htm
15 Jul 2011
Nonacute coronary syndrome inpatients with elevated troponin have higher mortality than ACS counterparts
Hospitalized patients with an elevated troponin level more often have a primary diagnosis that is not an acute coronary syndrome (ACS), and have poorer long-term survival and undergo fewer cardiac imaging studies than those with an ACS, a new study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2011/07/20/3.htm
20 Jul 2011
In the News
Preventing bloodstream infections, management of unstable angina and non-ST-elevation MI, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/08/itn.htm
15 Aug 2011
Test yourself: Emergency department care
These cases and commentary, which address emergency department care, are excerpted from ACP's Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program (MKSAP15).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/10/ty.htm
15 Oct 2011
Recent Research
Outpatient vs. inpatient PE treatment, handheld echocardiography and length of stay, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/12/rr.htm
15 Dec 2011
MKSAP quiz on telemetry
These cases and commentary, which address telemetry, are excerpted from ACP's Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program (MKSAP15).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/03/ty.htm
15 Mar 2012
Risk model may help assess which heart failure patients to admit, discharge
A new mortality risk model may be useful in assessing which heart failure patients in the emergency department need to be hospitalized and which can be treated and sent home.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2012/06/06/1.htm
6 Jun 2012
Elevated troponin T may help predict 30-day mortality
Troponin T levels independently predict 30-day mortality after noncardiac surgery, a new study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2012/06/13/2.htm
13 Jun 2012