Search results for "Imaging"
3-hour troponin level may help rule out NSTEMI in ED patients triaged to observation
A previously proposed cutoff for 3-hour change in high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T of 7 ng/L missed 66.7% of ED patients with non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI), but a cutoff of 15 ng/L combined with a 0/3-hour absolute change of less than 4 ng/L missed less than 1%.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/08/18/3.htm
18 Aug 2021
July 2013
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/07/
December 2015
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/12/
COVID-19 and stroke, racial disparities; vaccine regulatory updates
Recent studies found that stroke risk in COVID-19 was highest in middle-aged patients, that higher death rates among Hispanic patients were linked to lower health care access, and that mild COVID-19 didn't lead to cardiac abnormalities. The FDA, NIH, and CDC updated their vaccine guidance.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/11/03/1.htm
3 Nov 2021
Could you repeat that?
It was a very quiet day on the geriatrics service, at least for one physician.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/09/27/free/could-you-repeat-that.htm
27 Sep 2023
Combating clots in COVID-19
A hematologist recently provided her expert advice on preventing venous thromboembolism in patients hospitalized with COVID-19 in an interview with ACP Hospitalist.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/04/29/3.htm
29 Apr 2020
January 2010
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/01/
Guideline-directed care after TIA or nonsevere stroke associated with lower mortality risk
Patients who received brain imaging, carotid artery imaging, antihypertensive intensification, statins, antithrombotics, and anticoagulation for atrial fibrillation after transient ischemic attack (TIA) or nonsevere ischemic stroke had lower risk of mortality.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/07/10/2.htm
10 Jul 2019
April 2011
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/04/
Studies assess responses, reactions to vaccines; long-term effects of COVID-19 infection
Recent COVID-19 vaccine studies showed good response in pregnant women, as well as possible localized rashes from the Moderna vaccine. Analyses of ICU patients and those treated at a post-COVID-19 clinic highlighted the long-term effects of the virus, and a study found that dialysis patients maintained antibodies six months after COVID-19 infection.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/05/19/2.htm
19 May 2021