Search results for "Biomarkers"
Latest COVID-19 research finds benefit from prone positioning, arthritis drugs
Prone positioning was helpful in patients not on mechanical ventilation, and two very small studies found positive outcomes with drugs used to treat rheumatoid arthritis. ACP members can join a bulk purchase of N95s and gowns.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/06/24/1.htm
24 Jun 2020
In the News
Guidelines on spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage, hospital weekend services, low-risk chest pain patients, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/08/in-the-news.htm
15 Aug 2015
Complicated UTI, stress ulcer prophylaxis, and more
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/11/recent-research.htm
15 Nov 2018
coding corner 4 ACP Hospitalist • December 2018 The ...
The recommended biomarkers for evaluation of myocardial injury and MI are troponins. ... Under the new universal definition, troponin is the only recommended diagnostic biomarker for MI.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/12/acph-201812-coding-corner-fourth-universal-definition-of-myocardial-infarction_t1.pdf
30 Nov 2018
Cystatin C improves accuracy in calculations of Black patients' kidney function
Equations to estimate glomerular filtration rate more accurately predict risk of kidney failure and mortality in Black patients if they include both creatinine and cystatin C, but not race, according to a new retrospective study.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/06/15/cystatin-c-improves-accuracy-in-calculations-of-black-patients-kidney-function.htm
15 Jun 2022
Recent Research
PE hospitalizations and vena cava filter placements, preadmission glucocorticoids and 30-day poststroke mortality, troponin and heart failure readmissions, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/04/recent-research.htm
15 Apr 2016
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
Which chest pain patients can go home?
Research on risk algorithms and tests helping to identify unnecessary hospitalizations.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/10/chest-pain-discharge.htm
15 Oct 2015
Similar odds of recurrence with 10 vs. 14 days of antibiotics for complicated UTI with bacteremia
A study of 24 U.S. hospitals also found that in patients with complicated urinary tract infection (UTI) who receive beta-lactams or highly bioavailable oral agents, a seven-day course may be sufficient.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/01/25/similar-odds-of-recurrence-with-10-vs-14-days-of-antibiotics-for-complicated-uti-with-bacteremia.htm
25 Jan 2023
New definition of MI released
A consensus document from several cardiology organizations recently provided new official definitions of myocardial infarction (MI).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2012/09/12/1.htm
12 Sep 2012