Search results for "Perioperative Care"
March 2008
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/03/
Preop hyperglycemia but not HbA1c associated with noncardiac surgery outcomes
Patients with a high fasting or random glucose level before noncardiac surgery were more likely to have myocardial injury or die at 30 days, but no increased risk was seen among those with a high HbA1c level, a South Korean study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/03/24/3.htm
24 Mar 2021
January 2013
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/01/
Compression stockings may be unnecessary for VTE prophylaxis in most patients undergoing elective surgery
In a randomized controlled trial of patients at moderate or high risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE), prophylaxis with low-molecular-weight heparin alone was noninferior to a combination of low-molecular-weight heparin and graduated compression stockings.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/05/20/5.htm
20 May 2020
Handling high-sensitivity troponin
The advent of high-sensitivity troponin testing in U.S. hospitals may be another example of how less can be more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/06/26/handling-high-sensitivity-troponin.htm
26 Jun 2024
February 2013
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/02/
Postoperative antibiotic prophylaxis may not reduce risk of surgical-site infection
Findings from a systematic review and meta-analysis of 52 studies support World Health Organization recommendations against continuing surgical antibiotic prophylaxis postoperatively.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/06/03/4.htm
3 Jun 2020
January 11, 2023
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/01/11/
Program with family reduced postoperative delirium, functional decline in older patients
The success of a tailored, family-involved program that targeted delirium risk factors in Chinese patients after noncardiac surgery shows that U.S. hospitals could learn from cultures that more closely involve families in care, according to an editorial accompanying the study.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/10/30/2.htm
30 Oct 2019
June 2008
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/06/