Search results for "Procedures"
Service animals in the hospital
Service animals play a crucial role in the lives of many people with a disability, but uncertainties abound when they're brought into hospitals.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/07/17/service-animals-in-the-hospital.htm
17 Jul 2024
Complications rare but potentially serious after pleural procedures
A narrative review looked at complications related to thoracocentesis, intercostal drains, indwelling pleural catheters, and local anesthetic thoracoscopy.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/12/15/3.htm
15 Dec 2021
Guidelines on diagnosing complicated intra-abdominal infections updated
The Infectious Diseases Society of America offered recommendations on initial imaging and cultures for suspected appendicitis, cholecystitis, cholangitis, diverticulitis, and intra-abdominal abscesses.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/07/17/guidelines-on-diagnosing-complicated-intra-abdominal-infections-updated.htm
17 Jul 2024
Antiplatelet therapy linked to increased risk of post-pleural procedure bleeding
Although patients on antiplatelet therapy were at increased risk of bleeding, including serious bleeding, during the 24 hours following a bedside pleural procedure compared with controls, rates of bleeding and severe bleeding were low, a French study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/12/16/2.htm
16 Dec 2020
Finding new ways to teach procedures
Simulation is part of the current model for procedure training.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/08/finding-new-ways-to-teach-procedures.htm
15 Aug 2020
Nearly all deaths related to noncardiac procedures occur after surgery, study finds
About 45% of deaths that occurred in the 30 days after noncardiac surgery were associated with three complications: major bleeding, myocardial injury, and sepsis.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/08/07/3.htm
7 Aug 2019
Chief residents run a procedure service
A chief resident-led procedure service celebrates 10 years and reports positive results.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/08/16/free/chief-residents-run-a-procedure-service.htm
16 Aug 2023
Infective endocarditis risk increased after many types of medical procedures
The findings could warrant reconsideration of prophylactic antibiotics for some patients, according to the study authors, who also called for assessment of the costs and benefits of elective procedures for patients at high risk of endocarditis.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/06/13/2.htm
13 Jun 2018
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
SHM issues position statement on ultrasound-guided procedures
The Society of Hospital Medicine calls for written or oral examinations, as well as patient-based assessments with feedback, for credentialing in ultrasound-guided procedures.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/01/24/1.htm
24 Jan 2018