Search results for "Syncope"
Hospitalists know guidelines but overuse tests to reassure selves, patients
The majority of hospitalists would expect their colleagues to overuse testing in preoperative evaluation and syncope treatment, a recent study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2015/01/28/1.htm
28 Jan 2015
Cases from Yale-New Haven Hospital: Trainee Edition
Leukocytoclastic vasculitis associated with cocaine abuse, the Sister Mary Joseph nodule as presentation of advanced malignant peritoneal mesothelioma, and other cases are discussed.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/05/bc.htm
15 May 2013
Intravenous fluid management
A hypothetical case highlights the many reasons to provide IV fluid.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/11/expert-analysis-iv-fluids.htm
15 Nov 2021
AHRQ releases data on preventable heart failure hospitalizations
Hypotension drug faces withdrawal
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2010/08/25/4.htm
25 Aug 2010
MKSAP Quiz: High-value, cost-conscious care
These cases and commentary, which address high-value, cost-conscious care, are excerpted from ACP's Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program (MKSAP15).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/01/ty.htm
15 Jan 2012
Mechanism of pauses on telemetry
A patient presented with multiple episodes of transient unresponsiveness.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/07/brief-case-mechanism-of-pauses.htm
15 Jul 2021
Urinalysis often ordered without indication on admission, study finds
Patients who received urinalysis not based on symptoms were more likely to receive unnecessary antibiotics.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2015/08/26/2.htm
26 Aug 2015
Wavy lines: EEGs in the hospital
Electroencephalograms in the hospital.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/06/expert-analysis-EEG.htm
15 Jun 2016
Cases from Legacy Health
Seizure-associated code-switching, hemolytic uremic syndrome, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/01/brief-case-from-legacy-health.htm
15 Jan 2021
Takotsubo cardiomyopathy
An example case helps explain this clinical syndrome that mimics acute myocardial infarction.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/05/expert-analysis-takotsubo-cardiomyopathy.htm
15 May 2020