Search results for "Syncope"
Do you need a checklist?
There's limited evidence but apparent potential for these tools in hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/02/do-you-need-a-checklist.htm
15 Feb 2021
New guideline advises diagnoses, referrals, treatments for supraventricular tachycardia
Among other goals, the guideline aims to aid clinicians to help patients differentiate between SVT and other disorders, such as panic attack and chest pain, as well as shortness of breath and syncope or near syncope, which may cause similar symptoms.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2015/09/30/4.htm
30 Sep 2015
A new Internal Medicine Meeting
Catch up on sessions about poisonings, stroke, syncope, women's cardiac conditions, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/06/letter-from-the-editor.htm
15 Jun 2021
The road ahead for hospital medicine
During his plenary at SHM Converge 2022, Robert M. Wachter, MD, MACP, shared his thoughts on the future of hospital medicine, including changes in patient complexity and hospital finance, the catch-22 of hospital at home, and the potential impacts of technology.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/04/20/the-road-ahead-for-hospital-medicine.htm
20 Apr 2022
Study examines time to death, predictive factors after palliative extubation
After palliative extubation, mortality rates were 43% at 12 hours, 56% at 24 hours, 68% at 72 hours, and 79% at 96 hours.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/06/15/3.htm
15 Jun 2016
Steward your fluids
Deresuscitation may be the next step in optimizing sepsis care.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/04/steward-your-fluids.htm
15 Apr 2020
Severe sepsis patients getting earlier antibiotics were less likely to develop shock
Each hour until antimicrobial administration was associated with an 8% increase in risk of progression to shock, and time to administration was also associated with in-hospital mortality.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/02/15/2.htm
15 Feb 2017
Learning on the late shift
Training programs and hospitalists are working to make night coverage more educational.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/03/22/free/learning-on-the-late-shift.htm
22 Mar 2023
Treating obstructive sleep apnea may reduce rapid response events
Researchers compared rates of rapid response system use in patients at high and low risk for obstructive sleep apnea, as well as the effect of positive airway pressure therapy on rapid response events.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/05/18/4.htm
18 May 2016
Ask Dr. Pinson
Get answers to questions about obesity, ultrasound guidance, and other coding conundrums.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/07/coding-corner-qa.htm
15 Jul 2021