Search results for "Syncope"
Patients treated for syncope have similar motor vehicle crash risk as other ED patients
Patients treated in an ED for syncope had a crash rate of 12.2 per 100 driver-years, compared to 13.2 in patients treated in the ED for other conditions and 8.2 in the general population, a retrospective study in Canada found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/08/03/patients-treated-for-syncope-have-similar-motor-vehicle-crash-risk-as-other-ed-patients.htm
3 Aug 2022
Early norepinephrine was associated with faster control of septic shock
Three-quarters of patients in a trial group who received norepinephrine soon after ED arrival (a median of 93 minutes) had septic shock controlled within six hours, compared to only about half of those receiving standard care.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/02/06/2.htm
6 Feb 2019
List offers opportunities to improve value in hospital medicine
Recommendations from the Right Care Alliance Hospital Medicine Council include checking orthostatic vital signs in patients with syncope before considering testing beyond an electrocardiogram.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/03/14/4.htm
14 Mar 2018
MKSAP quiz on resuscitation
The month's quiz includes questions from ACP's Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program (MKSAP 18) on resuscitation of critically ill patients.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/04/mksap-quiz-on-resuscitation.htm
15 Apr 2020
Persistent cognitive impairment after ICU stay associated with modifiable risk factors
Twenty-two percent of studied ICU patients were found to have cognitive impairment, but only 2.5% developed new and persistent impairment between three and 24 months after ICU discharge.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/09/26/3.htm
26 Sep 2018
Documentation of medical necessity
Congestive heart failure, syncope and presyncope, and transient ischemic attack are discussed.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/12/coding.htm
15 Dec 2012
Stewardship, stroke mimics
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/03/recent-research.htm
15 Mar 2020
Eosinophil count can predict outcomes for patients hospitalized with C. difficile, study finds
An undetectable eosinophil count at admission was associated with higher risk of in-hospital mortality, need for vasopressors, and emergency total colectomy, the retrospective study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/09/19/2.htm
19 Sep 2018
A new Internal Medicine Meeting
Catch up on sessions about poisonings, stroke, syncope, women's cardiac conditions, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/06/letter-from-the-editor.htm
15 Jun 2021
Epinephrine and norepinephrine compared to treat shock after myocardial infarction
Fifty-seven patients in France were randomly assigned to receive epinephrine or norepinephrine, with a primary efficacy outcome of cardiac index evolution and a primary safety outcome of refractory cardiogenic shock.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/07/04/4.htm
4 Jul 2018