Search results for "Cardiology"
COVID-19 in community hospitals
Hospitalists describe the steps they've taken to prepare for the pandemic.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/04/covid-19-in-community-hospitals.htm
15 Apr 2020
Scheduling assistance program for primary care appointments improved postdischarge follow-up
Attending and resident physicians entered a discharge appointment request with an outpatient physician for a specified time period, and staff at the scheduling assistance program called the practice to make the appointment.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/09/25/4.htm
25 Sep 2019
Continuing aspirin for no reason?
A speaker made the case for anticoagulant monotherapy in selected patients with stable coronary artery disease and atrial fibrillation during a “Things We Do For No Reason” session at SHM Converge 2022.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/04/27/continuing-aspirin-for-no-reason.htm
27 Apr 2022
Risk of re-infection, benefits of anticoagulation, cause of sex differences among COVID-19 research
Researchers published evidence of re-infection with SARS-CoV-2, anticoagulation was associated with halved inpatient mortality, recommendations were made on pulmonary embolism in COVID-19, and the authorization for use of remdesivir was expanded.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/09/02/1.htm
2 Sep 2020
Surging methamphetamine-related hospitalizations
Methamphetamine's effects on the heart are hitting hospitals, and physicians' help is needed to tackle the rise of this addictive drug.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/11/surging-methamphetamine-related-hospitalizations.htm
15 Nov 2021
Adding judgment and EKG to troponin better identified unstable angina, but not AMI
Researchers tested the hypothesis that adding additional information to a high-sensitivity cardiac troponin algorithm would improve diagnosis of ED patients with suspected acute myocardial infarction (AMI).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/08/14/4.htm
14 Aug 2019
The puzzle of submassive PE
Treating the middle of the pulmonary embolism spectrum can be tricky.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/06/the-puzzle-of-submassive-pe.htm
15 Jun 2020
Diets, contrast injuries, and more
Research summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/01/recent-research.htm
15 Jan 2021
Thromboprophylaxis, heart failure decongestion, and more
Research summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/12/recent-research.htm
15 Dec 2020
ACC and AHA update performance measures for STEMI and NSTEMI
The update has 17 performance measures, including four new ones, and seven quality measures, all of them new.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/09/27/2.htm
27 Sep 2017