Search results for "Trauma"
MKSAP quiz on acute kidney injury
These cases and commentary, which focus on acute kidney injury, are excerpted from ACP's Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program (MKSAP16).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/10/ty.htm
15 Oct 2013
Pulmonary rehab, thiamine for sepsis, and more
Recent summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/11/recent-research.htm
15 Nov 2020
Acute kidney injury, racial disparities
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/01/recent-research.htm
15 Jan 2020
Frailty Index appears to predict adverse outcomes in geriatric trauma patients
The Frailty Index appears to predict in-hospital complications and discharge disposition in geriatric trauma patients, a new study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2014/06/18/4.htm
18 Jun 2014
High dose of simvastatin poses muscle injury risk
Patients taking high doses of simvastatin (Zocor) face an increased risk of myopathy, according to a new warning from the FDA.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2010/03/31/6.htm
31 Mar 2010
Brain injury patients who resume warfarin may have better outcomes
Resuming warfarin in the year after a traumatic brain injury was associated with a net benefit, due to a reduction in ischemic stroke risk, for elderly patients in a recent study.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2014/06/18/3.htm
18 Jun 2014
Citicoline no better than placebo for traumatic brain injury patients
Citicoline didn't improve functional and cognitive status of patients with traumatic brain injury when compared to placebo after 90 days of treatment, a study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2012/12/05/3.htm
5 Dec 2012
Acute kidney injury revisited
Terminology is especially important.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/06/coding-acute-kidney-injury.htm
15 Jun 2015
February 28, 2024
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/02/28/
New tool helps differentiate acute lung injury, cardiogenic pulmonary edema
A simple prediction score may help distinguish patients with acute lung injury from those with cardiogenic pulmonary edema in the early stages of illness.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2011/11/02/3.htm
2 Nov 2011