Search results for "Fever"
Improving in-hospital handoffs
Any physicians who hand off patients may want to consider how well their messages are being understood, especially because patient safety is at stake.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/04/17/4.htm
17 Apr 2019
Latest inpatient COVID-19 research looks at plasma, intubation, delirium, VTE, and more
Recent studies showed that convalescent plasma didn't improve outcomes, a protocol reduced intubation rates, delirium was a common presentation among elderly patients, venous thromboembolism (VTE) was more common in the ICU, and racial disparities persisted after adjustment.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/11/25/2.htm
25 Nov 2020
MKSAP quiz on discharge planning
This month's quiz includes questions from ACP's Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program (MKSAP 18) on discharge planning.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/02/mksap-quiz-on-discharge-planning.htm
15 Feb 2021
Individual case: Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura
A patient presented to the ED with recent fever and rectal pain with a small amount of bleeding.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/11/brief-case-individual-ttp.htm
15 Nov 2019
MKSAP quiz on EEG
Cases involving EEGs are presented.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/06/mksap-EEG.htm
15 Jun 2016
Persistent cognitive impairment after ICU stay associated with modifiable risk factors
Twenty-two percent of studied ICU patients were found to have cognitive impairment, but only 2.5% developed new and persistent impairment between three and 24 months after ICU discharge.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/09/26/3.htm
26 Sep 2018
Complications of care
ICD-10 requires that a complication code be assigned every time certain conditions or diagnoses are coded.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/07/coding-corner-complications-of-care.htm
15 Jul 2021
Cases from Saint Louis University Hospital
Anaphylaxis to mammalian meat, rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis, typhoid fever, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/09/brief-case.htm
15 Sep 2016
A collection of individual cases
Hemoglobin SC disease, “cotton fever,” esophageal hemorrhage, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/09/brief-case-a-collection-of-individual-cases.htm
15 Sep 2018
Tools to fight COVID-19: Ventilator management
It's time to cram on managing mechanical ventilation.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/05/time-to-cram-on-ventilator-management.htm
15 May 2020