Search results for "Nephrology"
Preventing AKI
Everyone wants to do it, but how?.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/12/preventing-acute-kidney-injury.htm
15 Dec 2015
Kidney measures for CKD predict clinical risk across the full age range, study suggests
Measures of kidney function used to diagnose and stage chronic kidney disease (CKD) are independently associated with end-stage renal disease and mortality regardless of age, according to a new study.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2012/11/07/4.htm
7 Nov 2012
Fight diuretic resistance with the right dose
Treating decompensated heart failure is more complicated than simply prescribing a diuretic.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/06/heart-failure-diuretics.htm
15 Jun 2017
Top Docs
Meet ACP Hospitalist's 2016 Top Hospitalists.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/11/2016-top-hospitalists.htm
15 Nov 2016
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
Politics and the wellness of our foreign-born colleagues
Travel bans and visa-law changes in a volatile political arena can affect the morale of a large number of physicians, in training and established in practice, as well as international students enrolled in medical schools in the United States.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/10/perspectives-politics-and-foreign-born-colleagues.htm
15 Oct 2017
Quick response, teamwork protected patients during heparin recall
As pharmacists monitored hospital supplies, physicians and nurses monitored patients.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/07/heparin.htm
15 Jul 2008
Careful catheter care reduces cost, complications
The U.S. spends an estimated $2 billion annually on treating catheter-associated bloodstream infections. Learn how to help lower those costs.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/02/catheter.htm
15 Feb 2011
Surprise!
A birthday party for an elderly patient takes a surprising turn.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/06/free/newmans-notions-surprise.htm
15 Jun 2019
Acute tubular necrosis
Review how to diagnose and document this common cause of acute kidney injury.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/09/coding-corner-acute-tubular-necrosis.htm
15 Sep 2018