Search results for "Ultrasound"
Testing the tests
An expert gives advice on which tests may be most helpful in diagnosing intensive care patients.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/06/testing.htm
15 Jun 2011
Recent Research
Gait speed and cardiac surgery outcomes, bloodstream infection surveillance, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/06/research.htm
15 Jun 2011
Handheld echocardiography doesn't reduce length of stay vs. usual care
Length of stay on hospitalist service didn't differ for inpatients managed with handheld echocardiography versus usual care, a study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2011/06/22/3.htm
22 Jun 2011
MKSAP quiz on diagnostic testing
These cases and commentary, which address diagnostic testing, are excerpted from ACP's Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program (MKSAP15).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/07/ty.htm
15 Jul 2011
Reducing unnecessary testing
Efforts to test more judiciously represent a dramatic shift in the way physicians use tests to aid diagnosis and guide treatment.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/07/coverstory.htm
15 Jul 2011
New criteria determine need for echo in bacteremia patients
A list of five criteria can be used to determine whether patients with nosocomial Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia require echocardiography, a new study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2011/07/27/1.htm
27 Jul 2011
In the News
Preventing bloodstream infections, management of unstable angina and non-ST-elevation MI, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/08/itn.htm
15 Aug 2011
Model predicts 30-day mortality after acute PE using simple clinical variables
A simple model to predict 30-day mortality after acute pulmonary embolism (PE) works as well as the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) model, yet doesn't require routine imaging or biomarker testing like the latter does, a study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2011/08/31/2.htm
31 Aug 2011
Outpatient stroke prevention clinics may be as effective as organized inpatient care, study indicates
Outpatient stroke prevention clinics may be as effective as organized inpatient care in patients who have had an ischemic stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA), according to a new study.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2011/09/28/3.htm
28 Sep 2011
MRIs safe for ICDs and pacemakers, if proper protocol followed
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can be performed safely in patients with certain pacemakers and implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICD) as long as experts are on hand to monitor and intervene if needed, a new study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2011/10/05/6.htm
5 Oct 2011