Search results for "Hypertension"
Patients with interhospital stroke transfers had higher mortality, more severe disability than front-door patients
The differing characteristics of patients who are transferred should be accounted for in the quality measurements of receiving hospitals, the study authors suggested.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/09/12/3.htm
12 Sep 2018
Adding up adverse events
Patient safety experts talk about the latest data and what hospitalists can do to improve them.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/06/07/adding-up-adverse-events.htm
7 Jun 2023
Restrictions on drug detailing may lead to less prescribing
Drugs to treat insomnia, gastroesophageal reflux disease, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, depression, hypertension, and lipid elevations were prescribed significantly less after academic medical centers curbed detailing of them.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/05/10/4.htm
10 May 2017
Accelerated hypertension
Coding terminology hasn't caught up with the currently accepted clinical diagnostic terms for severe, uncontrolled hypertension.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/10/coding.htm
15 Oct 2010
Cefepime-induced neurotoxicity
An elderly patient presented with confusion three days after a hospitalization for osteomyelitis.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/07/12/free/cefepime-induced-neurotoxicity.htm
12 Jul 2023
New-onset afib in sepsis related to sepsis risk factors, review finds
Corticosteroid use, right-heart catheterization, fungal infection, vasopressor use, and a mean arterial pressure target of 80 to 85 mm Hg were associated with a greater than 50% increase in atrial fibrillation risk.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/12/12/1.htm
12 Dec 2018
Test yourself: Hypertension
These cases and commentary, which address hypertension, are excerpted from ACP's Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program (MKSAP15).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/10/ty.htm
15 Oct 2010
Cardiology groups issue guidance on heart failure
A focused update addresses biomarkers, new therapies for stage C heart failure with reduced ejection fraction, heart failure with preserved ejection fraction, new data on important comorbidities, and new insights into heart failure prevention.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/05/03/4.htm
3 May 2017
Acute interstitial nephritis associated with immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy
Exercise vigilance for early diagnosis of this increasingly common complication.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/10/11/free/acute-interstitial-nephritis-associated-with-immune-checkpoint-inhibitor-therapy.htm
11 Oct 2023
Risk of mortality may be increased when hip fracture repair wait time exceeds 24 hours
Targeting surgery within 24 hours would represent a significant change in practice because the majority of patients did not receive surgery within this timeframe, study authors noted.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/12/06/2.htm
6 Dec 2017