Search results for "pretreatment"
February 2015
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/02/
Fewer drugs, more bugs: Antibiotic resistance tops concerns at infectious diseases conference
Antibiotic resistance tops concerns at infectious diseases conference.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/11/antibiotics.htm
15 Nov 2007
Journal watch: Recent studies of note
Recent studies about antipsychotic use in the elderly, heart failure hospitalizations, and other topics.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/07/journal.htm
15 Jul 2008
Monitor patients with hepatic impairment who take erlotinib
Monitor patients with hepatic impairment who take erlotinib.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/11/fda.htm
15 Nov 2008
In the News
Physician errors, managing STEMI, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/04/itn.htm
15 Apr 2010
Pain of propofol injection reduced by using antecubital vein
Using the antecubital vein instead of the hand vein is the most effective single intervention to reduce the pain of propofol injection, a meta-analysis found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2011/03/23/1.htm
23 Mar 2011
Recent Research
Reducing pain of propofol injections, high-dose clopidogrel after PCI, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/09/rr.htm
15 Sep 2011
Prasugrel not helpful in certain ACS patients scheduled for catheterization
In patients with non-ST-segment elevation (NSTE) acute coronary syndrome (ACS) scheduled to undergo catheterization, pretreatment with prasugrel at diagnosis didn't reduce the rate of major ischemic events and increased the rate of major bleeding complications, a new industry-funded study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2013/09/11/1.htm
11 Sep 2013
Apixaban as safe as warfarin before cardioversion for atrial fibrillation
In atrial fibrillation patients, apixaban before cardioversion appears to be as safe as warfarin, a new study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2013/11/13/4.htm
13 Nov 2013
Shorter treatment with acetylcysteine for acetaminophen poisoning may have advantages
Reducing the duration of acetylcysteine treatment for acetaminophen poisoning lowered the occurrence of vomiting and anaphylactoid reactions, a new study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2013/12/11/2.htm
11 Dec 2013