Search results for "Contrast"
Individual case: A complete esophageal lumen obstruction
A patient with head and neck cancer presented with a fever and dry mouth.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/01/brief-case-individual-complete-esophageal-obstruction.htm
15 Jan 2021
Review finds benefit to early feeding for mild to moderate pancreatitis
The results support feeding acute pancreatitis patients sooner than recommended by current guidelines, according to the review authors, but an accompanying editorial urged caution in applying the research to practice.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/05/17/1.htm
17 May 2017
Individual case: Primary angiitis of the central nervous system
A patient with hallucinations and headache is found to have a rare form of vasculitis.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/07/brief-case-individual-primary-angiitis.htm
15 Jul 2019
Standard or high-flow nasal oxygen better than non-invasive ventilation for immunocompromised, study finds
Researchers found 2 factors independently associated with intubation and mortality: age and non-invasive ventilation as first-line therapy.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/06/15/2.htm
15 Jun 2016
MKSAP quiz on critical care
This month's quiz includes questions from ACP's Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program (MKSAP 18) on critical care.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/10/mksap-quiz-on-critical-care.htm
15 Oct 2020
Algorithms for suspected myocardial infarction perform worse in falling troponin pattern
Researchers compared the performance of the European Society of Cardiology 0/1- and 0/3-hour algorithms by whether patients had stable, falling, or rising patterns of high-sensitivity cardiac troponin I and T.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/05/17/algorithms-for-suspected-myocardial-infarction-perform-worse-in-falling-troponin-pattern.htm
17 May 2023
Acute pancreatitis
Clinicians should apply the American College of Gastroenterology's diagnostic criteria for accurate documentation and billing.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/09/coding-acute-pancreatitis.htm
15 Sep 2017
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
Age-adjusting D-dimer results improves predictive ability with Wells rule
The percentage of patients in whom pulmonary embolism could be ruled out without imaging was increased with use of the age-adjusted cutoff (33% vs. 28%), the analysis found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/05/18/2.htm
18 May 2016
A collection of individual cases
Cardiac repolarization, Takayasu arteritis, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/11/brief-case-a-collection-of-individual-cases.htm
15 Nov 2020