Search results for "Contrast"
Climbing to the C-suite
Hospital executives offered hard-won tips on mentorship, networking, interviewing, and negotiating at CONVERGE 2024.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/04/17/climbing-to-the-c-suite.htm
17 Apr 2024
Analysis finds no association between IV contrast and kidney impairment
A Canadian study found that IV contrast was not associated with dialysis, death, or mean change in estimated glomerular filtration rate over six months in adults undergoing CT pulmonary angiography in the ED.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/04/14/3.htm
14 Apr 2021
Few guidelines address inpatient blood pressure management
A search of current guidelines did not find any recommended goals for inpatient blood pressure or any recommendations on how to manage asymptomatic moderately elevated blood pressure in the hospital.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/04/03/few-guidelines-address-inpatient-blood-pressure-management.htm
3 Apr 2024
NSF rare with newer gadolinium-based contrast agents, review finds
Researchers advised caution when using newer gadolinium-based contrast agents in patients with impaired kidney function and suggested that more research on nephrogenic systemic fibrosis (NSF) is needed in this population.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/06/24/5.htm
24 Jun 2020
No association between contrast use and AKI seen in critically ill patients with normal kidney function
Acute kidney injury (AKI) was significantly associated with clinical factors, such as sepsis, metabolic disorders, and severity of illness, but not the use of IV contrast, according to a propensity-matched analysis of ICU patients.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/11/06/3.htm
6 Nov 2019
Do you still need to worry about contrast and AKI?
Experts weigh in on the balance of scans' benefits and contrast's risks.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/03/do-you-still-need-to-worry-about-contrast-and-aki.htm
15 Mar 2020
Angiography with contrast associated with kidney injury, but rates of clinically significant cases appear low
An editorial noted that the insensitivity of serum creatinine to identify changes in kidney function may contribute to a lack of clarity about the association and that the incidence of kidney injury is low in patients treated with contemporary hydration regimens.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/03/18/4.htm
18 Mar 2020
January 2021
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/01/
March 2020
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/03/
IV sodium bicarbonate and oral acetylcysteine didn't reduce contrast-associated AKI
The authors noted that these interventions are widely used in clinical practice to try to prevent acute kidney injury (AKI) despite lack of evidence supporting their effectiveness.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/11/22/3.htm
22 Nov 2017