Search results for "acute renal failure"
COVID-19 research looks at effects and risks of potential drug therapies, proning
Trials offered inconclusive evidence about remdesivir, a pilot study found benefits to prone self-positioning for ED patients, and other research quantified the risk of QT prolongation with hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin and provided reassurance about hypertension drugs.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/05/06/1.htm
6 May 2020
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
Caring for sepsis survivors
Risks of sepsis, including mortality, functional and cognitive impairment, and mental health problems, continue long after discharge.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/04/caring-for-sepsis-survivors.htm
15 Apr 2018
Poor outcomes, inappropriate treatment more likely in CAP due to Pseudomonas aeruginosa, study finds
P. aeruginosa was found in 4% of studied Spanish patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), and of these patients who had antibiogram data available, 32% were found to have multidrug-resistant infections.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/04/27/4.htm
27 Apr 2016
Point-of-care ultrasound—Part 1
Three documentation components are required for reimbursement of POCUS.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/03/coding-corner-point-of-care-ultrasound-part-1.htm
15 Mar 2020
Colistin associated with higher rate of AKI than polymyxin B in critically ill
Critically ill patients who were given intravenous colistin had a greater incidence of acute kidney injury (AKI) than those given polymyxin B, a study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2013/07/17/3.htm
17 Jul 2013
Acute tubular necrosis
Review how to diagnose and document this common cause of acute kidney injury.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/09/coding-corner-acute-tubular-necrosis.htm
15 Sep 2018
Changing approaches to pain
Treating inpatients' pain is challenging in an opioid addiction epidemic.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/01/changing-approaches-to-pain.htm
15 Jan 2017
Chronic respiratory failure
Chronic respiratory failure is usually recognized by a combination of chronic hypoxemia, hypercapnia and compensatory metabolic alkalosis.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/03/coding.htm
15 Mar 2011
Score identifies patients who might benefit from acid-suppressive medication to prevent nosocomial GI bleeding
Researchers have created a scoring system, based on risk factors for nosocomial gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding, to identify non-critically ill hospitalized patients who may benefit from acid-suppressive medication.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2013/01/16/3.htm
16 Jan 2013