Search results for "Asthma"
Cases from Yale-New Haven Hospital
This new quarterly column summarizes interesting patients in their doctors' words.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/11/briefcase.htm
15 Nov 2012
Procalcitonin may help diagnose pneumonia when radiographs aren't definitive
Serum procalcitonin (ProCT) may help diagnose pneumonia in patients whose chest radiographs are indeterminate, a new study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2012/10/31/2.htm
31 Oct 2012
MS drug associated with seizures, cardiac tests recalled
Details on recalls, warnings, label changes and approvals.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/10/fda.htm
15 Oct 2012
Allergic reactions in the hospital
Allergic reactions can be hard to detect because their presentation is often delayed.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/09/allergies.htm
15 Sep 2012
Catch them if you can
Incidence estimates suggest that more than 1% of medical admissions could be factitious, and that's not counting the patients no one catches.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/09/coverstory.htm
15 Sep 2012
Real cases from Yale-New Haven Hospital
The Brief Case is a new, quarterly column comprising summaries of real-life inpatient cases.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/09/brief.htm
15 Sep 2012
ACP calls for improvements to country's public health system
ACP called for an improved public health infrastructure that works collaboratively with physicians to ensure the public's safety and health, in its policy paper “Strengthening the Public Health Infrastructure,” released at Internal Medicine 2012.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2012/04/25/4.htm
25 Apr 2012
Observation status: making the right call
Understanding when to admit a patient to observation status or to inpatient status can be confusing and challenging##mdash;and so can knowing when it's appropriate to bill for one or the other.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/04/coding.htm
15 Apr 2012
Top Docs
Our fourth annual Top Hospitalists issue recognizes leaders and teachers, innovators and mentors, researchers and pioneers.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/11/topdocs.htm
15 Nov 2011
Warnings on citalopram, ondansetron; polypill approved
Details on new warnings for higher doses of citalopram hydrobromide, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/11/fda.htm
15 Nov 2011