Search results for "Biomarkers"
Recent Research
Organ failure in the ICU, non-cardiac surgery after stents and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/01/rr.htm
15 Jan 2013
Code carefully with nutrition guidelines
This column discusses classic chronic malnutrition and how it differs from acute nutritional deficiency.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/06/coding.htm
15 Jun 2013
MKSAP quiz on end-of-life care
These cases and commentary, which focus on end-of-life care, are excerpted from ACP's Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program (MKSAP16).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/12/ty.htm
15 Dec 2013
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ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME: A CARDIAC CONUNDRUMBy Richard Pinson, MD, FACP. diagnosed when there is no biomarker release based on 2 samplescollected at least 6 hours apart. ... The diag-nosis of “demand ischemia” is sometimes used when patientsexperience release of cardiac biomarkers, like troponin.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/01/acph-201401-coding_t1.pdf
19 Dec 2013
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Therefore, “demand ischemia” associated with release of car-diac biomarkers (to a level above the 99th percentile referencelimit) actually represents progression to myocardial infarction(such as NSTEMI) as defined by this ... Cardiac biomarker release in the setting of “demandischemia” actually represents type 2 MI.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/01/acph-201401-coding_t2.pdf
19 Dec 2013
Acute coronary syndrome: A cardiac conundrum
Physicians should view the label as provisional and evaluate further for a more specific diagnosis.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/01/coding.htm
15 Jan 2014
Recommendations released on managing brain swelling after stroke
The American Heart Association/American Stroke Association recently released recommendations for managing cerebral or cerebellar swelling after an ischemic stroke.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2014/02/12/4.htm
12 Feb 2014
Is it pneumonia?
Concerns are growing that pneumonia is being overdiagnosed. Here's how you can stem the trend.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/03/pneumonia.htm
15 Mar 2014
Depletive fluid management strategy may lower risk of ventilator-associated complications, pneumonia
Using a depletive fluid management strategy when starting the weaning process from mechanical ventilation may lower the risk of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP), a study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2014/04/02/4.htm
2 Apr 2014
In the News
Adding aspirin or NSAID to anticoagulant doubles bleeding risk, guidelines on Clostridium difficile and surgical-site infections, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/07/itn.htm
15 Jul 2014