Search results for "hepatitis"
Cases from Massachusetts General Hospital
Henoch-Schönlein purpura in an adult, serotonin syndrome presenting as myoclonus and hyperreflexia, dengue fever, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/05/brief-case.htm
15 May 2015
‘PharManure’ and drugs to hate the most
One doctor's least-wanted list includes drugs that increase costs without improving care or raise the risk of antibiotic resistance.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/06/newdrugs.htm
15 Jun 2012
Magnificent maggots
Sometimes the best treatment plan can include an effective and simple intervention of antiquity.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/11/newman.htm
15 Nov 2015
Melding intuition with deliberation to sidestep diagnostic traps
Would you pass “the eyeball test” if the patient in this case study presented in your hospital's emergency department? Find out how one physician pressed for a better answer on a patient who presented with cardiac pain but no evidence of a heart attack.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/03/mindful.htm
15 Mar 2009
Treatment of ascites in patients with portal hypertension
Article reviews the current recommendations for the treatment of ascites, including hepatorenal syndrome and spontaneous bacterial peritonitis.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/02/expert.htm
15 Feb 2014
Central lines, IV solutions, test strips recalled
Details on the latest recalls, warnings, and approvals.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/04/fda.htm
15 Apr 2016
New heart failure indication for SGLT-2 inhibitor
In addition to approving a sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT-2) inhibitor for use in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction, the FDA recently warned about certain ventilators failing and a possible risk of cancer with a lymphoma medication.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/03/16/new-heart-failure-indication-for-sglt-2-inhibitor.htm
16 Mar 2022
Cases from Brooke Army Medical Center
Sphincter of Oddi dysfunction, GI stromal tumor, alcoholic hepatitis, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/03/brief-case-brooke-army-medical-center.htm
15 Mar 2017
Prophylactic antibiotics did not improve survival in severe alcohol-related hepatitis
A double-blind randomized trial found no significant differences in all-cause mortality between hospitalized participants who received amoxicillin-clavulanate in addition to prednisolone versus prednisolone alone.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/05/17/prophylactic-antibiotics-did-not-improve-survival-in-severe-alcohol-related-hepatitis.htm
17 May 2023
Demystifying advanced concepts in mechanical ventilation
Learn from an example case of an ICU patient with COVID-19.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/06/expert-analysis-demystifying-ventilation.htm
15 Jun 2020