Search results for "hepatitis"
MKSAP quiz on ascites
These cases and commentary, which focus on ascites, are excerpted from ACP's Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program (MKSAP16).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/02/ty.htm
15 Feb 2014
Exotic travel trend poses new challenges for hospitalists
Exotic travel trend poses new challenges for hospitalists.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/02/travel.htm
15 Feb 2008
Cases from Saint Louis University Hospital
Anaphylaxis to mammalian meat, rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis, typhoid fever, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/09/brief-case.htm
15 Sep 2016
Cautions about mixing HIV, HCV drugs
Details on recalls, warnings, and approvals.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/07/fda.htm
15 Jul 2012
New warnings for statins, new drug approval for Cushing's syndrome
Details on warnings, approvals and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/05/fda.htm
15 May 2012
coding corner 6 ACP Hospitalist • September 2020 disease ...
Chronic active hepatitis (non-viral) K73.2. Biliary cirrhosis K74.5. Cirrhosis (unspecified) K74.60. ... Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis K75.81. Viral hepatitis B with coma (code also underlying hepatic failure).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/09/acph-202009-coding-corner-liver-failure_t2.pdf
31 Aug 2020
Fixing folate testing for high-value care
Adding a message to the physician order entry system led to a decrease of 80% in tests ordered.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/03/success-story-folate-testing.htm
15 Mar 2016
Better treatment but low awareness with hepatitis C
The main challenge is increasing awareness and getting appropriate therapy to those who need it.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/08/hepatitis.htm
15 Aug 2012
Stroke and TIA
A transient neurologic deficit lasting 24 hours or more, even when imaging studies are unremarkable, is a cerebrovascular accident, not TIA.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/12/coding-stroke-TIA.htm
15 Dec 2015
New C. diff drug and MRSA test
Details on approval of a new drug for Clostridium difficile, a new test for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/08/fda.htm
15 Aug 2011