Search results for "Contrast"
Physicians' days of clinical work per year may affect hospitalized patients' outcomes
A study of Medicare inpatients found that those cared for by hospitalists who worked fewer clinical days annually had higher mortality rates at 30 days, while no association was seen for readmissions.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/09/15/2.htm
15 Sep 2021
Tuberculosis presenting with gastrointestinal symptoms
The patient's chief symptom was watery diarrhea for the past 10 days.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/09/brief-case-tb-with-gi-symptoms.htm
15 Sep 2021
3-hour troponin level may help rule out NSTEMI in ED patients triaged to observation
A previously proposed cutoff for 3-hour change in high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T of 7 ng/L missed 66.7% of ED patients with non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI), but a cutoff of 15 ng/L combined with a 0/3-hour absolute change of less than 4 ng/L missed less than 1%.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/08/18/3.htm
18 Aug 2021
Meth-associated HF hospitalizations, costs rose sharply in recent years
From 2008 to 2018 in California, hospitalizations for methamphetamine-associated cardiomyopathy/heart failure (HF) increased by 585%, leading study authors to call for a “public health and clinical care response campaign to combat this multifaceted, fast-moving epidemic.”
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/07/21/4.htm
21 Jul 2021
Advice on surviving a subpoena
Know what to do with this legal document.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/06/advice-on-surviving-a-subpoena.htm
15 Jun 2021
A collection of individual cases
Acne conglobate, rhabdomyolysis, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/06/brief-case-a-collection-of-individual-cases.htm
15 Jun 2021
Studies assess responses, reactions to vaccines; long-term effects of COVID-19 infection
Recent COVID-19 vaccine studies showed good response in pregnant women, as well as possible localized rashes from the Moderna vaccine. Analyses of ICU patients and those treated at a post-COVID-19 clinic highlighted the long-term effects of the virus, and a study found that dialysis patients maintained antibodies six months after COVID-19 infection.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/05/19/2.htm
19 May 2021
Problem of PPIs complicated by COVID-19
Despite quality improvement efforts, there's still uncertainty regarding proton-pump inhibitors.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/04/problem-of-ppis-complicated-by-covid-19.htm
15 Apr 2021
Reperfusion catheters, lifts, ICDs recalled
Recalls, alerts, and approvals.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/04/fda-update-reperfusion-catheters-lifts-icds-recalled.htm
15 Apr 2021
Analysis finds no association between IV contrast and kidney impairment
A Canadian study found that IV contrast was not associated with dialysis, death, or mean change in estimated glomerular filtration rate over six months in adults undergoing CT pulmonary angiography in the ED.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/04/14/3.htm
14 Apr 2021