Search results for "Acute kidney injury"
Use of dialysis in sepsis varies widely without difference in mortality rates
Costs were significantly higher with increasing renal replacement therapy rates, and the results suggest that the therapy may be overused in patients with sepsis, the study authors said.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/12/13/3.htm
13 Dec 2017
IV sodium bicarbonate and oral acetylcysteine didn't reduce contrast-associated AKI
The authors noted that these interventions are widely used in clinical practice to try to prevent acute kidney injury (AKI) despite lack of evidence supporting their effectiveness.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/11/22/3.htm
22 Nov 2017
A collection of individual cases
Hypercalcemia of malignancy, euglycemic diabetic ketoacidosis, VTE in Klinefelter syndrome, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/11/brief-case-a-collection-of-individual-cases.htm
15 Nov 2017
Vancomycin plus piperacillin-tazobactam associated with higher AKI risk
Vancomycin plus piperacillin-tazobactam was compared to vancomycin monotherapy, vancomycin plus cefepime or carbapenem, and piperacillin-tazobactam monotherapy in the systematic review and meta-analysis.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/11/08/1.htm
8 Nov 2017
Cases from St. Joseph Mercy Ann Arbor
Amyloid cardiomyopathy, Haemophilus influenzae infection, metastatic melanoma and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/09/brief-case-st-joseph-mercy-ann-arbor.htm
15 Sep 2017
Patients may have slightly higher in-hospital mortality after PCI in safety net hospitals
The mortality difference between safety net and non-safety net hospitals appeared to attenuate as hospitals' percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) volume increased.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/08/09/3.htm
9 Aug 2017
Standardized rounds, antibiotics and acute kidney injury, and more
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/06/in-the-news.htm
15 Jun 2017
MKSAP quiz on alcohol
This month's quiz includes questions from ACP's Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program 17 about alcohol use.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/06/mksap-quiz-on-alcohol.htm
15 Jun 2017
Imaging not associated with increased AKI risk in stroke patients, study finds
The meta-analysis compared rates of acute kidney injury (AKI) among patients (including some with chronic kidney disease) who underwent computed tomographic (CT) angiography, CT perfusion, or noncontrast CT.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/06/14/1.htm
14 Jun 2017
Table 2. Diagnosis-related groups at a glance GI hemorrhage ...
Principal diagnosis to document. Acute gastric ulcer with hemorrhage. Acute gastric ulcer with hemorrhage. ... Based on reference 29. AKI=acute kidney injury; CC=complication/comorbidity; DRG=diagnosis-related group; GI=gastrointestinal; GMLOS=geometric mean length of stay; MCC=major complication/comorbidity.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/06/acph-201706-morning-report-gi-bleed_t2.pdf
27 May 2017