Search results for "Chest pain"
Diagnosing pulmonary embolism
Experts offer advice on how to apply the wide variety of available validated scores and algorithms, but also clinical judgment, to find pulmonary embolisms without excessive testing.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/02/23/free/diagnosing-pulmonary-embolism.htm
23 Feb 2022
EDs may be overtesting patients with suspected PE, study finds
According to an analysis of testing for suspected pulmonary embolism (PE) at EDs in two states, a minority of patients who underwent CT pulmonary angiography also had a d-dimer performed on the same ED visit.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/01/29/5.htm
29 Jan 2020
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
Anemia, antibiotic overuse, and more
Research summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/03/recent-research.htm
15 Mar 2021
Open records come to the wards
Hospitals and physicians are adjusting to the new federal requirement to provide patients full access to their entire medical record, including notes.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/07/open-records-come-to-the-wards.htm
15 Jul 2021
Top Hospitalists
The 2018 Top Hospitalists issue profiles 10 physicians with very diverse backgrounds and interests.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/11/top-docs.htm
15 Nov 2018
Sex differences prevalent in acute MI presentation and treatment
One recent study looked at outcomes after acute myocardial infarction (MI) in older men compared to women, while another examined the effect of sex-specific diagnostic thresholds for high-sensitivity cardiac troponin I.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/10/23/3.htm
23 Oct 2019
Take cardiac symptoms in women seriously
An expert reviewed conditions with different presentations or higher incidence in women.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/06/take-cardiac-symptoms-in-women-seriously.htm
15 Jun 2021
Online case: De Winter's sign in acute coronary syndrome
A man was hospitalized for severe substernal chest pressure radiating to his left arm.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/04/brief-case-online-de-winter.htm
15 Apr 2021
Documentation of medical necessity
Acute chest pain, acute coronary syndrome, acute myocardial infarction and bronchospastic conditions are discussed.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/01/coding.htm
15 Jan 2013