Search results for "Biomarkers"
Venous thromboembolism in malignancy
Patients with a VTE have more than a fourfold increased risk for cancer compared with the general population. In patients with a known malignancy, the annual incidence of VTE is 1 in 200.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/03/expert-analysis-vte-malignancy.htm
15 Mar 2017
Procalcitonin can help differentiate bacterial from viral CAP, but no specific cutoff found
For distinguishing any type of bacterial community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) from viral CAP, a procalcitonin threshold of 0.1 ng/mL produced a sensitivity of 80.9% and a specificity of 51.6%.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/04/19/2.htm
19 Apr 2017
Cardiology groups issue guidance on heart failure
A focused update addresses biomarkers, new therapies for stage C heart failure with reduced ejection fraction, heart failure with preserved ejection fraction, new data on important comorbidities, and new insights into heart failure prevention.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/05/03/4.htm
3 May 2017
Infectious disease tests gain new approvals
Details on the latest warnings, recalls, and approvals.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/05/fda.htm
15 May 2017
After stroke can come seizures
Risk of poststroke epilepsy can be underappreciated.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/05/poststroke-epilepsy.htm
15 May 2017
Reducing unnecessary antibiotic use in CAP
Testing and treatment are rapidly evolving for inpatients with community-acquired pneumonia.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/06/community-acquired-pneumonia.htm
15 Jun 2017
New drug treats cancer based on biomarker instead of location
Details on the latest warnings, recalls, and approvals.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/07/fda.htm
15 Jul 2017
Angiography timing didn't affect mortality in non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndrome
Although the meta-analysis found no effect overall, certain subgroups of high-risk patients did appear to have slightly lower mortality when an invasive strategy was applied earlier rather than later.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/08/09/2.htm
9 Aug 2017
Natriuretic peptide-guided therapy didn't reduce heart failure hospitalizations or mortality
Patients were randomized to usual care according to guidelines or heart failure therapy titrated to the goal of a target amino-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) level below 1,000 pg/mL.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/08/30/2.htm
30 Aug 2017
Table. Types of myocardial infarction (MI) Type Description 1 ...
2 MI due to supply/demand mismatch. 3 Death from MI when biomarkers not available.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/10/acph-201710-coding-icd-10-definitions-of-mi_t1.pdf
29 Sep 2017