Search results for "Contrast"
Start at the top to get to the bottom of a diagnosis
Our columnists explain the “top downâ€ï¿½ or “working forwardâ€ï¿½ approach.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/07/mindful.htm
15 Jul 2009
From Mayo to McCord: A student's view
A medical student reflects on treating patients in South Africa.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/08/student.htm
15 Aug 2009
Test yourself: Nutrition
The following cases and commentary, which address nutrition, are excerpted from ACP’s Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program (MKSAP14).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/08/ty.htm
15 Aug 2009
Treatment on the fly: Mobile units help hospitals boost surge capacity
Portable “MASH-likeâ€ï¿½ hospital units are helping communities across the country improve their ability to respond to disasters and other events requiring extra capacity.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/09/disaster.htm
15 Sep 2009
Journal watch: Recent studies of note
Recent studies about predicting surgical outcomes, abdominal CTs for C. diff patients, and other topics.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/10/jw.htm
15 Oct 2009
In the News
Test result documentation in discharge summaries, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/11/itn.htm
15 Nov 2009
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In contrast to the preceding findings, a similar protocol in1200 participants, used by the same investigative group in themedical ICU of the same institution, did not significantlyreduce overall mortality; however, the
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/12/acph-200912-hyperglycemia.pdf
23 Nov 2009
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Computed tomography scan of the abdomen with oral and intravenous contrast revealed multiple target lesions worrisome for metastatic disease.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/12/acph-200912-mindful.pdf
30 Nov 2009
Letter from the Editor
With health care reform in the news, bundled payments have been getting a lot of attention. Under this plan, payers would pay a lump sum per hospital admission that hospitals and physicians would share, in contrast to the current system based on separate billing for relative value units. Bundled payments offer possible advantages, but there are possible pitfalls, too.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/12/lfe.htm
15 Dec 2009
Journal watch: recent studies of note
Recent studies about warfarin use in elderly AF patients, ticagrelor vs. clopidogrel in ACS patients, and other topics.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/12/jw.htm
15 Dec 2009