Search results for "Rheumatology"
October 2018
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/10/
December 2009
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/12/
October 2014
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/10/
MKSAP quiz on rheumatology
This month's quiz includes questions from ACP's Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program (MKSAP 18) on rheumatology.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/10/mksap-quiz-on-rheumatology.htm
15 Oct 2018
Combination analgesic regimen may be most effective after hip replacement
Patients who received acetaminophen, ibuprofen, and dexamethasone had the lowest morphine consumption within 24 hours postsurgery in a Danish randomized placebo-controlled trial.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/03/13/combination-analgesic-regimen-may-be-most-effective-after-hip-replacement.htm
13 Mar 2024
MKSAP quiz on rheumatology
Patient cases involving sclerodactyly, rheumatoid arthritis, knee replacement, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/10/ty.htm
15 Oct 2014
Test yourself: Rheumatology
The following cases and commentary, which address rheumatology, are excerpted from ACP's Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program (MKSAP14).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/12/test.htm
15 Dec 2009
‘Hospitalist’ and other mysterious jargon
Since less than a third of laypeople understand the word “hospitalist,” consider using some other words in introductions, a researcher advises.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/11/23/hospitalist-and-other-mysterious-jargon.htm
23 Nov 2022
Latest research looks at more potential drug therapies, symptoms in specific age groups
New studies found some benefits associated with tocilizumab and colchicine in patients hospitalized with COVID-19 and quantified symptoms in older adults as well as neurological complications.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/07/01/2.htm
1 Jul 2020
Latest research looks at clots, drug therapies, and pneumonia guidance
Studies offered further support for anticoagulation in patients with COVID-19 but showed no benefit from hydroxychloroquine or lopinavir-ritonavir. The authors of recent pneumonia guidelines explained how the recommendations apply to COVID-19 patients.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/05/13/2.htm
13 May 2020