Search results for "Guidelines"
Focused guideline update addresses endovascular treatment for early management of acute ischemic stroke
A new guideline update from the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association describes when to use endovascular therapy for stroke.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2015/07/08/2.htm
8 Jul 2015
July 2014
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/07/
Surviving Sepsis Campaign guidelines updated
Changes to the guidelines include a shift away from early goal-directed therapy in favor of hemodynamic assessment to guide fluid administration after the initial fluid bolus.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/01/25/1.htm
25 Jan 2017
September 2014
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/09/
New guideline advises diagnoses, referrals, treatments for supraventricular tachycardia
Among other goals, the guideline aims to aid clinicians to help patients differentiate between SVT and other disorders, such as panic attack and chest pain, as well as shortness of breath and syncope or near syncope, which may cause similar symptoms.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2015/09/30/4.htm
30 Sep 2015
Government highlights need for consent before exams on patients under anesthesia
In response to reports of intimate exams being performed by trainees on patients under anesthesia, officials called on academic hospitals and medical schools to always obtain and document informed consent.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/04/10/government-highlights-need-for-consent-before-exams-on-patients-under-anesthesia.htm
10 Apr 2024
Guidelines issued on early management of acute ischemic stroke
The American Heart Association and the American Stroke Association recently issued updated guidelines on the early management of acute ischemic stroke.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2013/02/13/1.htm
13 Feb 2013
February 2011
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/02/
Disseminated varicella infection in an immunocompromised patient
A patient with a history of liver transplant presented with a progressive rash.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/04/03/free/disseminated-varicella-infection-in-an-immunocompromised-patient.htm
3 Apr 2024
Guidelines did not influence physicians to order fewer preoperative tests
Guidelines on routine preoperative testing were associated with reduced ordering of routine electrocardiogram testing but not of plain radiography, hematocrit, urinalysis, or cardiac stress testing, a study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2015/06/17/2.htm
17 Jun 2015