Search results for "Venous thromboembolism"
Hospital medicine precourse: From admission to discharge
This new course offers cutting-edge information on hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/02/precourse.htm
15 Feb 2011
More severe heart failure patients have higher VTE risk
Inpatients with more severe heart failure are at higher short-term risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE) than those with less severe heart failure, an analysis found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2014/07/09/3.htm
9 Jul 2014
Apixaban may prevent or shorten rehospitalizations for acute VTE, study finds
After VTE, study patients were randomized to apixaban, 10 mg twice daily for the first 7 days followed by 5 mg twice daily for 23 weeks or enoxaparin, 1 mg/kg of body weight every 12 hours for at least 5 days, followed by warfarin, begun concomitantly, for 6 months.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2015/12/09/4.htm
9 Dec 2015
COVID-19 guideline update from NIH, postdischarge anticoagulation, remdesivir effects
The latest news on inpatient COVID-19 care includes some changes to the NIH guidelines for COVID-19 treatment, as well as studies showing that rivaroxaban after discharge reduced clots and remdesivir helped inpatients on no or low-flow oxygen but not those who were sicker.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/12/22/1.htm
22 Dec 2021
April 19, 2023
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/04/19/
August 24, 2022
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/08/24/
Less intensive warfarin therapy less effective at preventing VTE after arthroplasty
Rates of major bleeding were similar whether patients were treated to an international normalized ratio target of 1.8 or 2.5 to prevent venous thromboembolism (VTE) after hip or knee arthroplasty, a randomized trial found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/09/11/4.htm
11 Sep 2019
August 10, 2022
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/08/10/
Heparin dosing for COVID-19 inpatients, expert perspectives on boosters
Two new trials offered some support for therapeutic anticoagulation in inpatients with elevated d-dimer levels. Antithrombotic therapy didn't prove helpful for outpatients with COVID-19. FDA advisors, an ACP/Annals forum, and recent research addressed vaccine effectiveness and boosters.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/10/20/1.htm
20 Oct 2021
March 16, 2022
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/03/16/