Search results for "Acute kidney injury"
Preventing AKI
Everyone wants to do it, but how?.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/12/preventing-acute-kidney-injury.htm
15 Dec 2015
Letter from the Editor
This month's issue features a look at small hospitals and readmission measures, as well as ways to prevent acute kidney injury and to predict sepsis.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/12/lfe.htm
15 Dec 2015
CVP-guided hydration reduced risk of contrast-induced nephropathy
Patients with kidney disease and heart failure who were randomized to hydration guided by central venous pressure received more fluid and had less contrast-induced nephropathy than those receiving standard hydration, according to a Chinese trial.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2015/12/16/2.htm
16 Dec 2015
Table. Diagnosis-related groups at a glance Pneumonia without comorbidity ...
Secondary diagnosis to document. No comorbidities. AKI, cellulitis, hyper/ hyponatremia, acidosis, acute respiratory distress, etc. ... Based on references 28 and 29. AKI=acute kidney injury; CC=complication/comorbidity; DRG=diagnosis-related group; ESRD=end-stage renal disease; GMLOS=geometric mean length of stay; MCC=major
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/01/acph-201601-morning-report-pneumonia_t1.pdf
29 Dec 2015
Recent Research
Macrolide antibiotics, central vs. peripheral thermometers, acute kidney injury risk factors in orthopedic patients, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/01/recent-research.htm
15 Jan 2016
Apophenia
There is a black cloud hanging over your head; the universe is out to get you.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/02/free/newman.htm
15 Feb 2016
MKSAP quiz on heart failure
Cases involving heart failure are presented.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/02/mksap-heart-failure.htm
15 Feb 2016
High-dose atorvastatin may not reduce AKI after cardiac surgery
The study's results do not support the initiation of statin therapy to prevent acute kidney injury following cardiac surgery but do provide evidence that continuing perioperative statin therapy is safe, said an accompanying editorial.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/03/09/4.htm
9 Mar 2016
Cases from Saint Agnes Hospital
Drug-induced aseptic meningitis, hypothyroidism as a reversible cause of cardiomyopathy, unintentional salicylate overdose, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/03/brief-case-saint-agnes-hospital.htm
15 Mar 2016
Recent Research
Influenza vaccination in hospitalized surgical patients, echocardiography use, outcomes in older patients after ED discharge, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/05/recent-research.htm
15 May 2016