Search results for "Correction"
Avoid common mistakes when treating hyponatremia
Acute hyponatremia merits rapid correction to prevent brain herniation, but overtreatment of hyponatremia can lead to osmotic demyelination syndrome.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/02/avoid-common-mistakes-when-treating-hyponatremia.htm
15 Feb 2018
Correction to previous issue
The Jan. 24 ACP Hospitalist Weekly should have said that the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America advises discontinuing contact precautions after obtaining between one and three negative cultures in certain drug-resistant infections, not Clostridium difficile infections, which require no follow-up cultures.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/01/31/6.htm
31 Jan 2018
Questions and answers in periop medicine
Michael J. Maniaci, MD, ACP Member, reviewed data on cardiac and pulmonary perioperative exams and insulin and aspirin management at the Mayo Clinic Hospital Medicine 2017 conference.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/01/questions-and-answers-in-periop-medicine.htm
15 Jan 2018
Caring for prisoners
Coordination is key to ensuring smooth transitions and improving outcomes for patients coming to the hospital from prison or jail.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/10/caring-for-prisoners.htm
15 Oct 2017
Large recall of sodium bicarbonate and other injectables
Details on the latest warnings, recalls, and approvals.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/09/fda-update.htm
15 Sep 2017
Ask Dr. Pinson
This month's column features questions from readers.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/08/coding-ask-dr-pinson.htm
15 Aug 2017
MKSAP quiz on alcohol
This month's quiz includes questions from ACP's Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program 17 about alcohol use.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/06/mksap-quiz-on-alcohol.htm
15 Jun 2017
A collection of individual cases
Pernicious anemia, acute disseminated encephalomyelitis, Entamoeba histolytica liver abscess, and more
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/05/brief-case-individual-cases.htm
15 May 2017
Medicare proposes payment, quality reporting changes for 2018 and asks for input
Significant proposed changes include requiring The Joint Commission to post survey reports online and accounting for social risk factors, disability, and medical complexity when assessing rates of hospital-acquired conditions.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/04/26/2.htm
26 Apr 2017
Warning on risk of hacking with cardiac devices
Details on the latest warnings, recalls, and approvals.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/03/fda.htm
15 Mar 2017