Search results for "Stroke"
Bridging with heparin after stroke associated with worse outcomes than not bridging
Both ischemic and bleeding events within 90 days of stroke were more common among patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation who received full-dose low-molecular-weight heparin when starting a direct oral anticoagulant or warfarin.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/07/03/2.htm
3 Jul 2019
December 2008
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/12/
Door-to-needle initiative associated with more timely tPA administration, better outcomes in acute ischemic stroke
A door-to-needle initiative improved administration of tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) and clinical outcomes, including in-hospital mortality, according to a new study.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2014/04/30/4.htm
30 Apr 2014
Antibiotic OKed for pneumonia, bloodstream, skin infections
In addition to approving ceftobiprole medocaril sodium for three different types of infection, the FDA authorized the first generic version of fidaxomicin, among other actions.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/04/10/antibiotic-oked-for-pneumonia-bloodstream-skin-infections.htm
10 Apr 2024
Research on strokes and readmissions in COVID-19, updated guidance from NIH and SSC
One study showed that strokes were rare in COVID-19 patients, while another didn't find any connection between fever or biomarkers before discharge and readmissions. The NIH and the Surviving Sepsis Campaign (SSC) updated their COVID-19 critical care recommendations.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/02/10/1.htm
10 Feb 2021
February 2016
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/02/
June 2021
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/06/
Thrombolysis use for acute ischemic stroke doubled in four-year period
Approximately 3.4% to 5.2% of acute ischemic stroke patients received thrombolytics in 2009—about double the 2005 treatment rate, a new analysis found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2011/06/15/2.htm
15 Jun 2011
May 2009
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/05/
New risk score for in-hospital pneumonia after acute ischemic stroke
Researchers have developed a 34-point risk score to predict in-hospital pneumonia after acute ischemic stroke that appears to have better discrimination than older scores.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2013/03/20/3.htm
20 Mar 2013