Search results for "Pancreatitis"
The most basic therapy: food
Nutrition support experts want you to think of food as a drug. Not in the negative sense of addiction, but positively as a therapy that’s critical to helping hospitalized patients get better.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/08/nutrition.htm
15 Aug 2009
Speed of sepsis care, early feeding for mild pancreatitis, and more
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/11/recent-research.htm
15 Nov 2017
MKSAP: Acute pancreatitis
A 51-year-old woman is hospitalized because of the acute onset of moderately severe, constant upper abdominal pain associated with nausea and vomiting... and other cases.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/02/test.htm
15 Feb 2009
Test yourself: Alcohol abuse
These cases and commentary, which address alcohol abuse, are excerpted from ACP's Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program (MKSAP15).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/12/ty.htm
15 Dec 2010
Recent Research
Scores for predicting pneumonia and hemorrhage after ischemic stroke, update on managing unstable cardiac conditions, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/12/rr.htm
15 Dec 2012
Pain in the gut
Sometimes a careful history and minimal screening are more effective than extensive scans and tests.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/02/bowel.htm
15 Feb 2012
New C. diff drug and MRSA test
Details on approval of a new drug for Clostridium difficile, a new test for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/08/fda.htm
15 Aug 2011
MKSAP quiz on gastroenterology
These cases and commentary, which address gastroenterology, are excerpted from ACP's Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program (MKSAP15).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/02/ty.htm
15 Feb 2012
Group issues recommendations for parenteral nutrition glutamine supplementation
The American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (ASPEN) last week published a position paper with recommendations for using parenteral nutrition glutamine supplementation.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2011/08/31/1.htm
31 Aug 2011
New tool helps differentiate acute lung injury, cardiogenic pulmonary edema
A simple prediction score may help distinguish patients with acute lung injury from those with cardiogenic pulmonary edema in the early stages of illness.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2011/11/02/3.htm
2 Nov 2011