Search results for "Troponin"
MKSAP quiz on telemetry
These cases and commentary, which address telemetry, are excerpted from ACP's Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program (MKSAP15).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/03/ty.htm
15 Mar 2012
In the News
Ordering and interpreting troponin tests, plus monitoring acetaminophen doses in hospitalized patients.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/01/itn.htm
15 Jan 2013
Cases from The Ohio State University Medical Center
Hypereosinophilia causing cardiac and pulmonary disease, pulmonary embolism presenting as syncope, and other cases are discussed.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/08/bc.htm
15 Aug 2013
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
Intensive insulin after PCI didn't reduce infarct size
Intensive use of insulin to regulate hyperglycemia in acute coronary syndrome (ACS) patients did not reduce infarct size, and may have caused harm, a new study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2013/09/18/2.htm
18 Sep 2013
Risk model may help assess which heart failure patients to admit, discharge
A new mortality risk model may be useful in assessing which heart failure patients in the emergency department need to be hospitalized and which can be treated and sent home.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2012/06/06/1.htm
6 Jun 2012
Amyloidosis: A review for the hospitalist
Learn about types of amyloidosis, diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/12/expert-analysis-amyloidosis.htm
15 Dec 2015
More things you shouldn't do
Folate levels and 24-hour monitoring after switching from IV to oral antibiotics were among the topics covered.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/05/non-evidence-based-medicine.htm
15 May 2014
Digoxin, Biosite Triage Cardiac Panel, insulin pumps recalled
Drug recalls, warnings, approvals.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/07/fda.htm
15 Jul 2009
HEART score appears safe for ED triage of chest pain patients
The HEART score uses a patient's History, Electrocardiogram, Age, Risk factors, and initial Troponin to predict risk of major adverse cardiac events after an ED visit for chest pain.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/04/26/4.htm
26 Apr 2017