Search results for "Venous Access"
Documenting pain
Other than a patient abusing or illegally diverting medications, there are no excuses for failing to provide appropriate medications that will mitigate suffering.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/04/coding.htm
15 Apr 2013
Avoiding the femoral vein in central venous cannulation: an outdated practice
Contemporary data on central venous cannulation shows safety advantages to using the femoral vein in some cases.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/08/perspectives-avoiding-the-femoral-vein-in-central-venous-cannulation-an-outdated-practice.htm
15 Aug 2018
MKSAP quiz on nutrition
Patient cases involving burns, nutrition, diarrhea after small-bowel resection, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/02/MKSAP-nutrition.htm
15 Feb 2015
How to treat a double whammy: Acute coronary syndrome and GI bleeding
What to do when patients present with acute coronary syndrome and gastrointestinal bleeding.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/07/acs.htm
15 Jul 2010
Highlights from ACP Journal Club
MODS assay better at detecting TB but poses challenges in developing countries, et al.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/03/highlight-jc.htm
15 Mar 2007
coding corner 6 ACP Hospitalist • July 2020 (unlisted ...
A “midline” catheter (sometimes described as “short PICC”) terminates in a peripheral vein about three to eight inches from the insertion site and therefore is not a central venous access device. ... With a central venous access catheter, the catheter tip terminates in the subclavian, brachiocephalic (innominate), or iliac vein.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/07/acph-202007-coding-corner-peripherally-inserted-central-catheters_t1.pdf
30 Jun 2020