Search results for "Troponin"
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
Why to watch your language
Two attendings take aim at jargon, neologisms, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/03/qa-why-to-watch-your-language.htm
15 Mar 2021
Examining clinical questions in acute coronary syndromes
Recent research could change standard practice.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/06/acs.htm
15 Jun 2008
ACC and AHA update performance measures for STEMI and NSTEMI
The update has 17 performance measures, including four new ones, and seven quality measures, all of them new.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/09/27/2.htm
27 Sep 2017
Procalcitonin: Promise and pitfalls
Uptake of procalcitonin testing has been slow in U.S. hospitals, but experts say the biomarker could help with antibiotic stewardship efforts.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/08/procalcitonin-promise-and-pitfalls.htm
15 Aug 2018
Sumatriptan-induced polymorphic ventricular tachycardia
A patient with atypical chest pain and negative stress tests suddenly became pulseless.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/09/28/free/brief-case-sumatriptan-induced-polymorphic-ventricular-tachycardia.htm
28 Sep 2022
A collection of individual cases
Cardiac repolarization, Takayasu arteritis, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/11/brief-case-a-collection-of-individual-cases.htm
15 Nov 2020
Which chest pain patients can go home?
Research on risk algorithms and tests helping to identify unnecessary hospitalizations.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/10/chest-pain-discharge.htm
15 Oct 2015
Angiography timing didn't affect mortality in non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndrome
Although the meta-analysis found no effect overall, certain subgroups of high-risk patients did appear to have slightly lower mortality when an invasive strategy was applied earlier rather than later.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/08/09/2.htm
9 Aug 2017
Complicated UTI, stress ulcer prophylaxis, and more
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/11/recent-research.htm
15 Nov 2018