Search results for "Ultrasound"
Climbing to the C-suite
Hospital executives offered hard-won tips on mentorship, networking, interviewing, and negotiating at CONVERGE 2024.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/04/17/climbing-to-the-c-suite.htm
17 Apr 2024
Bedside optic nerve ultrasonography may be useful for measuring intracranial pressure
The test involves applying a layer of gel to the closed eyelid with the patient in supine position and measuring the optic nerve sheath.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/11/20/4.htm
20 Nov 2019
New SHM statement offers recommendations on ultrasound guidance for thoracentesis
The position statement from the Society of Hospital Medicine notes that ultrasound guidance has been associated with increased success rates and decreased complication rates for thoracentesis.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/02/07/2.htm
7 Feb 2018
August 2017
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/08/
ACP issues guidelines on use of high-flow nasal oxygen, point-of-care ultrasound
New guidelines from the College suggest when to use high-flow nasal oxygen rather than noninvasive ventilation or conventional oxygen therapy and address the use of point-of-care ultrasound in ED and inpatient diagnostic pathways for acute dyspnea.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/05/05/1.htm
5 May 2021
Complications appear common with CVC placement
Of 1,000 patients with a central venous catheter (CVC) for three days, 30.2 would develop at least one serious complication, including arterial cannulation, pneumothorax, infection, or deep venous thrombosis, according to a systematic review and meta-analysis.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/03/13/complications-appear-common-with-cvc-placement.htm
13 Mar 2024
D-dimer, lung ultrasound, and ICU protocols all helpful, latest COVID-19 research says
D-dimer predicted clots in ICU patients better than scores or other markers, lung ultrasound was an effective triage tool, and a protocol for respiratory failure improved ICU survival early on in the pandemic, recent studies found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/09/23/1.htm
23 Sep 2020
May 2011
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/05/
New score for syncope may predict risk of echocardiography findings
The authors said that the score, if validated, could improve resource use and promote high-value care.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/10/03/2.htm
3 Oct 2018
May 2017
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/05/