Search results for "Hypertension"
Investigating inpatient hypertension
Medication is often not the best solution for elevated blood pressure in the hospital, an expert explained at Internal Medicine Meeting 2023.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/05/03/investigating-inpatient-hypertension.htm
3 May 2023
Withholding antihypertensives around surgery didn't affect vascular complication rate
Patients who didn't take their hypertension medications before and for two days after surgery had a lower incidence of intraoperative hypotension, but no difference in hypotension after surgery compared to those who continued medications.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/04/26/withholding-antihypertensives-around-surgery-didnt-affect-vascular-complication-rate.htm
26 Apr 2023
Strategies to prevent violence in hospitals
Two CONVERGE sessions explained how patient-behavior agreements and de-escalation training can help hospitalists avert aggressive acts by patients.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/04/12/free/strategies-to-prevent-violence-in-hospitals.htm
12 Apr 2023
Rapidly progressive cerebral edema in cryptococcal meningitis
A patient previously diagnosed with an upper respiratory infection presented with fever, headache, and confusion.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/03/29/free/rapidly-progressive-cerebral-edema-in-cryptococcal-meningitis.htm
29 Mar 2023
Over-the-counter test for flu, COVID-19 authorized
The FDA also approved albuterol and budesonide inhalation aerosol, the first combination of an inhaled corticosteroid and a short-acting beta-agonist for asthma, among other recent actions.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/03/01/over-the-counter-test-for-flu-covid-19-authorized.htm
1 Mar 2023
Cases from the University of Massachusetts
Acute drug-induced pancytopenia, liver injury, anaplasmosis, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/02/22/free/brief-case-from-the-university-of-massachusetts.htm
22 Feb 2023
Intervention reduced medication burden in older patients discharged to postacute care
The single-center study randomized patients to either usual care or a pharmacist- or nurse practitioner-led medication review, patient/surrogate-approved deprescribing recommendations, and deprescribing actions initiated in the hospital and continued in postacute care.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/02/08/intervention-reduced-medication-burden-in-older-patients-discharged-to-postacute-care.htm
8 Feb 2023
More than 1 in 10 hospitalized COVID-19 patients had cardiac event, 2021 study finds
An analysis of 8,460 patients hospitalized with COVID-19 in January to November 2021 also found that 23.4% of those with underlying cardiac disease experienced an acute cardiac event during their admission, as did 6.2% of those without pre-existing cardiac disease.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/02/08/free/more-than-1-in-10-hospitalized-covid-19-patients-had-cardiac-event-2021-study-finds.htm
8 Feb 2023
Pseudo-Wellens syndrome with Takotsubo cardiomyopathy
A patient was transferred for evaluation for non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/01/18/free/brief-case-pseudo-wellens-syndrome-with-takotsubo-cardiomyopathy.htm
18 Jan 2023
Cranial nerve III palsy
A patient with kidney disease and diabetes presented with diplopia and severe left-sided ptosis.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/12/07/free/brief-case-cranial-nerve-III-palsy.htm
7 Dec 2022