Search results for "Chest Pain"
CT may reduce need for coronary angiography in patients with suspected CAD
A randomized trial in Germany assigned 340 patients with suspected CAD and atypical angina or chest pain to receive CT, followed by coronary angiography if results were positive for obstructive CAD, or immediate coronary angiography.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/11/02/3.htm
2 Nov 2016
Test yourself: Diagnosing and managing pain
Test yourself: Diagnosing and managing pain.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/05/test.htm
15 May 2008
Pulmonary embolisms often found in patients with acute COPD exacerbations
Patients who were found to have a pulmonary embolism more frequently reported pleuritic chest pain or had signs of cardiac failure, while signs of respiratory infection were associated with lower likelihood of pulmonary embolism.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/08/31/3.htm
31 Aug 2016
Chatbot performance appears similar to residents', medical students' on tests, studies find
Recent studies asked ChatGPT to generate a history of present illness based on an interview script and to take a clinical reasoning exam given to first- and second-year medical students.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/07/19/chatbot-performance-appears-similar-to-residents-medical-students-on-tests-studies-find.htm
19 Jul 2023
Pseudo-Wellens syndrome with Takotsubo cardiomyopathy
A patient was transferred for evaluation for non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/01/18/free/brief-case-pseudo-wellens-syndrome-with-takotsubo-cardiomyopathy.htm
18 Jan 2023
A collection of individual cases
Cardiac repolarization, Takayasu arteritis, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/11/brief-case-a-collection-of-individual-cases.htm
15 Nov 2020
Hospital collaboration
This issue looks at improving transfers between hospitals, providing palliative care to rural patients, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/02/letter-from-the-editor.htm
15 Feb 2020
AHA updates practice standards for electrocardiographic monitoring
The statement from the American Heart Association (AHA) offers recommendations for indication and duration of electrocardiographic monitoring by patient population, as well as an overview of arrhythmia, ischemia, and QTc monitoring.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/10/18/1.htm
18 Oct 2017
Too much of a good thing?
Recent research shows excess oxygen supplementation can harm.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/11/oxygen-too-much-of-a-good-thing.htm
15 Nov 2018
EKG and high-sensitivity troponin T may rule out myocardial infarction
Among chest-pain patients with no new ischemia on an electrocardiogram (EKG) and troponin T below 0.005 µg/L, only 0.5% had an acute myocardial infarction during hospitalization and none died.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/04/19/1.htm
19 Apr 2017