Search results for "Acute kidney injury"
Combining diuretics, anti-hypertensives and NSAIDs may pose risk of kidney injury
Combining diuretics with angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors or angiotensin-receptor blockers (ARBs) and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) increased risk of acute kidney injury, a study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2013/01/16/5.htm
16 Jan 2013
No protective renal effect noted with fenoldopam in AKI patients after cardiac surgery
Fenoldopam does not appear to reduce the need for renal replacement therapy (RRT) in patients with acute kidney injury (AKI) after cardiac surgery, according to a new study.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2014/10/08/4.htm
8 Oct 2014
Meta-analyses results don't support hydroxyethyl starch in critically ill
Hydroxyethyl starch for fluid resuscitation fared poorly in two recent meta-analyses involving critically ill patients.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2013/02/27/3.htm
27 Feb 2013
2012 diagnostic documentation update
If there is any certainty in the health care industry today, it is that things will change.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/09/coding.htm
15 Sep 2012
CVP-guided hydration reduced risk of contrast-induced nephropathy
Patients with kidney disease and heart failure who were randomized to hydration guided by central venous pressure received more fluid and had less contrast-induced nephropathy than those receiving standard hydration, according to a Chinese trial.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2015/12/16/2.htm
16 Dec 2015
Journal watch: recent studies of note
Recent studies about methylprednisolone, fenoldopam, stroke patients, and other topics.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/07/journal-watch.htm
15 Jul 2007
Advance care planning
Medicare began paying for advance care planning services in 2016 to encourage such conversations and compensate clinicians for the time spent having them.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/12/coding-advance-care-planning.htm
15 Dec 2017
Less chloride in IVs lowered rate of creatinine increase, dialysis
Reducing use of chloride-rich intravenous (IV) fluids reduced the increase in creatinine levels and incidence of acute kidney injury in a recent study of critically ill patients.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2012/10/24/3.htm
24 Oct 2012
Cases from St. Joseph Mercy Ann Arbor
Amyloid cardiomyopathy, Haemophilus influenzae infection, metastatic melanoma and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/09/brief-case-st-joseph-mercy-ann-arbor.htm
15 Sep 2017
In the News
Delayed ICU transfer, updated quality and performance measures for afib, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/10/in-the-news.htm
15 Oct 2016