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In the News
Preventing bloodstream infections, management of unstable angina and non-ST-elevation MI, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/08/itn.htm
15 Aug 2011
Low-risk chest pain patients unlikely to have cardiac events during hospitalization
Patients who were admitted for chest pain but had negative serial biomarker results had very few adverse cardiac events during hospitalization, a study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2015/05/20/1.htm
20 May 2015
New definition of MI released
A consensus document from several cardiology organizations recently provided new official definitions of myocardial infarction (MI).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2012/09/12/1.htm
12 Sep 2012
Early CT coronary angiography does not appear warranted in suspected ACS
A randomized trial in the U.K. found that use of invasive angiography decreased and length of stay slightly increased in patients at intermediate risk for acute coronary syndrome (ACS) who had early CT coronary angiography, but management and one-year outcomes were not affected.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/10/06/2.htm
6 Oct 2021
Kidney decline associated with higher mortality in patients with acute severe hypertension
CDC warns of Q fever in Iraq, Netherlands
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2010/05/19/4.htm
19 May 2010
Cases from the University of Texas at Austin
Pericardial tamponade due to multiple myeloma, postpartum spontaneous coronary artery dissection, neurogenic T-wave inversions, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/05/brief-case-university-of-texas-at-austin.htm
15 May 2016
Individual case: Cardiac tamponade and acute liver failure
A transfer patient with atrial fibrillation and acute liver failure.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/01/brief-case-individual-cardiac-tamponade.htm
15 Jan 2019
Treating PE in the ED
Outpatient treatment of pulmonary embolism on the rise.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/08/outpatient-pulmonary-embolism.htm
15 Aug 2015
MKSAP quiz on stroke
These cases and commentary, which address stroke, are excerpted from ACP's Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program (MKSAP15).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/10/ty.htm
15 Oct 2012
Test yourself: Emergency department care
These cases and commentary, which address emergency department care, are excerpted from ACP's Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program (MKSAP15).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/10/ty.htm
15 Oct 2011