Search results for "Transfusion"
Interval between aspirin use and CABG affects transfusions, not mortality
Stopping aspirin less than six days before coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) did not change patients' mortality risk, but it did increase the need for transfusions, according to a new retrospective study.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2011/02/09/1.htm
9 Feb 2011
Test yourself: Invasive procedures and complications
These cases and commentary, which address invasive procedures and complications, are excerpted from ACP's Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program (MKSAP15).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/02/ty.htm
15 Feb 2011
Dabigatran or warfarin?
With dabigatran now a viable alternative to warfarin, hospitalists and hospitals should develop a plan for its use.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/03/dabigatran.htm
15 Mar 2011
A Day in the Life: The Hospital Playlist
A typical hospitalist's day if set to music would go a little something like this.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/03/free/newman.htm
15 Mar 2011
Journal watch: Recent studies of note
Survival benefit in infection after combination antibiotics, ceftaroline monotherapy for complicated skin and skin structure infections, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/03/jw.htm
15 Mar 2011
Recent Research
Restrictive transfusions, hospice care use, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/05/rr.htm
15 May 2011
Bleeding risk with dabigatran varies by dose, patient age
The bleeding risk associated with dabigatran compared to warfarin is reduced at a lower dose and in patients younger than 75 years, a new study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2011/05/25/1.htm
25 May 2011
When it's not a fever
When you see a patient with a temperature of 101, what do you note in the chart? Probably, “fever,” right? Maybe not.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/06/fever.htm
15 Jun 2011
Recent Research
Urinary test to guide pneumonia treatment, stroke risk after CABG, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/07/rr.htm
15 Jul 2011
Reducing unnecessary testing
Efforts to test more judiciously represent a dramatic shift in the way physicians use tests to aid diagnosis and guide treatment.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/07/coverstory.htm
15 Jul 2011