Search results for "Troponin"
More things you shouldn't do
Folate levels and 24-hour monitoring after switching from IV to oral antibiotics were among the topics covered.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/05/non-evidence-based-medicine.htm
15 May 2014
Cases from the University of California, San Francisco, and Hôpital St. Thérèse, Haiti
Real patient cases cover such topics as complicated heart failure in a resource-poor setting and palliative care in rural Haiti.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/05/the-brief-case.htm
15 May 2014
New guidelines on perioperative evaluation and management
Cardiology experts released new guidelines on perioperative care of patients undergoing noncardiac surgery last week.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2014/08/06/1.htm
6 Aug 2014
Guideline released on management of non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndrome
The American Heart Association (AHA) and the American College of Cardiology (ACC) released a “2014 Guideline for the Management of Patients With Non–ST-Elevation Acute Coronary Syndromes” (NSTE-ACS) last week.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2014/10/01/1.htm
1 Oct 2014
In The News
Mixing alcohol with opioids and benzodiazepines, postdischarge efforts and readmissions, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/01/itn.htm
15 Jan 2015
Cases from Baystate Medical Center
Chlorpromazine-induced hepatitis, the Brugada pattern, persistent breast erythema, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/01/briefcase.htm
15 Jan 2015
Cases from Brown University: Rhode Island Hospital/The Miriam Hospital
Patient cases involving Benedikt's syndrome, Chikungunya fever, essential thrombocythemia, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/03/briefcase.htm
15 Mar 2015
Novel algorithm may allow for rapid rule-in/rule-out of acute MI
A novel 1-hour algorithm to rule in or rule out acute myocardial infarction (MI) by incorporating high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T baseline values and changes may have substantially accelerated management, a study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2015/04/22/4.htm
22 Apr 2015
Low-risk chest pain patients unlikely to have cardiac events during hospitalization
Patients who were admitted for chest pain but had negative serial biomarker results had very few adverse cardiac events during hospitalization, a study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2015/05/20/1.htm
20 May 2015
ICDs may be underused among older patients after heart attack
Fewer than 1 in 10 eligible older patients with low ejection fraction following a myocardial infarction (MI) received an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) within 1 year, a study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2015/07/01/4.htm
1 Jul 2015