Search results for "Fever"
MKSAP quiz on rheumatology
Patient cases involving sclerodactyly, rheumatoid arthritis, knee replacement, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/10/ty.htm
15 Oct 2014
CAUTI, a tale of two contexts
Confusion abounds over the diagnosis and documentation of catheter-associated urinary tract infections.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/05/coding-corner-cauti-a-tale-of-two-contexts.htm
15 May 2021
Blood product irradiation and transfusion-associated graft-versus-host disease
A trauma patient develops new-onset fevers, skin lesions, diarrhea, and jaundice.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/05/blood-product-irradiation-and-transfusion-associated-GVHD.htm
15 May 2021
Cases from Legacy Health
Seizure-associated code-switching, hemolytic uremic syndrome, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/01/brief-case-from-legacy-health.htm
15 Jan 2021
More data on risk factors for poor COVID-19 outcomes, mixed results from treatment trials
A risk calculator, genetic findings, and red blood cell distribution width helped predict severity of and death from COVID-19. Tocilizumab showed benefit, but a number of other treatments, including CPR, did not, according to recent research.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/09/30/1.htm
30 Sep 2020
No temperature cutoff accurately identifies patients with bacteremia
An analysis of hospital records found a U-shaped relationship between body temperature and bacteremia, with the highest risk at 103 °F or above; however, only 45% of patients with bacteremia had a maximum temperature of 100.4 °F or above during hospitalization.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/04/12/no-temperature-cutoff-accurately-identifies-patients-with-bacteremia.htm
12 Apr 2023
MKSAP quiz on sepsis
This month's quiz includes questions from ACP's Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program 17 about sepsis.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/04/mksap-quiz-on-sepsis.htm
15 Apr 2018
Test yourself: Alcohol abuse
These cases and commentary, which address alcohol abuse, are excerpted from ACP's Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program (MKSAP15).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/12/ty.htm
15 Dec 2010
A collection of individual cases
Cardiac repolarization, Takayasu arteritis, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/11/brief-case-a-collection-of-individual-cases.htm
15 Nov 2020
Heart failure risk score, step-down therapy
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/07/recent-research.htm
15 Jul 2019