Search results for "Kidney disease"
2012 diagnostic documentation update
If there is any certainty in the health care industry today, it is that things will change.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/09/coding.htm
15 Sep 2012
New models predict risk of readmission after PCI
Researchers have developed two models to predict patients' risk of readmission within 30 days of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2013/07/10/4.htm
10 Jul 2013
Standardized rounds, antibiotics and acute kidney injury, and more
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/06/in-the-news.htm
15 Jun 2017
Inpatients with acute MI face risk of hospital-acquired anemia
Oseltamivir prophylaxis works, but drug may pose reinfection risks
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2010/06/16/3.htm
16 Jun 2010
Stop doing that
Nasogastric lavage might be the most egregious example, but there are plenty of others, one expert says.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/06/stop.htm
15 Jun 2012
MKSAP quiz on dermatology
These cases and commentary, which address dermatology, are excerpted from ACP's Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program (MKSAP16).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/12/ty.htm
15 Dec 2012
Vaccine recommendations updated for pneumococcus, Tdap and flu
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) has issued a new adult immunization schedule.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2013/01/30/4.htm
30 Jan 2013
Reduced kidney function, albuminuria strongly associated with Afib
Patients with kidney damage—manifested as microalbuminuria or macroalbuminuria—or decreased kidney function had a higher atrial fibrillation (AF) risk, researchers concluded.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2011/06/15/4.htm
15 Jun 2011
ACC, AHA release focused update on management of unstable angina, non-ST-elevation MI
The American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association released a focused update this week to their guidelines on management of unstable angina and non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2011/03/30/3.htm
30 Mar 2011
Cases from Yale-New Haven Hospital: Trainee Edition
Leukocytoclastic vasculitis associated with cocaine abuse, the Sister Mary Joseph nodule as presentation of advanced malignant peritoneal mesothelioma, and other cases are discussed.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/05/bc.htm
15 May 2013