Search results for "Hypertension"
Preop meds, resuscitation champions, and more
Research summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/06/in-the-news.htm
15 Jun 2021
Hospitalists have a spot in the spectrum of stroke care
Get tips on inpatient stroke and TIA treatment.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/06/hospitalists-have-a-spot-in-the-spectrum-of-stroke-care.htm
15 Jun 2021
MKSAP quiz on health care-associated infections
This month's quiz includes questions from ACP's Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program (MKSAP 18) on health care-associated infections.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/05/mksap-quiz-on-health-care-associated-infections.htm
15 May 2021
What's in an eponym? Discussing namesake diseases
Debate on the value of eponyms has been ongoing for decades.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/05/whats-in-an-eponym-discussing-namesake-diseases.htm
15 May 2021
New devices for congenital heart disease, multiple sclerosis
Recalls, alerts, and approvals.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/05/fda-update-new-devices-for-congenital-heart-disease-multiple-sclerosis.htm
15 May 2021
Admit to where?
Heart failure care can be improved by reducing variation between medicine and cardiology.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/04/admit-to-where.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
Catheter-directed thrombolysis may improve certain PE outcomes
A study in Taiwan found lower all-cause mortality and recurrence risk in patients with pulmonary embolism (PE) who were treated with catheter-directed versus systemic thrombolysis.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/04/07/3.htm
7 Apr 2021
Preop hyperglycemia but not HbA1c associated with noncardiac surgery outcomes
Patients with a high fasting or random glucose level before noncardiac surgery were more likely to have myocardial injury or die at 30 days, but no increased risk was seen among those with a high HbA1c level, a South Korean study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/03/24/3.htm
24 Mar 2021
Risk for death appears higher in STEMI patients without standard modifiable risk factors
Patients, especially women, who presented with ST-segment elevation (STEMI) and did not smoke or have hypertension, diabetes, or hypercholesterolemia had a significantly higher all-cause mortality rate than those with a risk factor in a retrospective Swedish study.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/03/17/4.htm
17 Mar 2021