Search results for "Troponin"
New drug for acute heart failure failed to improve inpatient symptoms or long-term mortality
The industry-funded study found that ularitide exerted favorable physiological effects but did not reduce cardiovascular deaths or improve the inpatient clinical course.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/04/19/4.htm
19 Apr 2017
High-sensitivity troponin I with or without advanced cardiac imaging may help assess risk in patients who present with chest pain
Low plasma troponin concentrations could identify two-thirds of patients who could be safely discharged, reducing hospital admissions and benefitting both patients and health care clinicians, the authors of 1 study concluded.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2015/10/21/1.htm
21 Oct 2015
Algorithms for suspected myocardial infarction perform worse in falling troponin pattern
Researchers compared the performance of the European Society of Cardiology 0/1- and 0/3-hour algorithms by whether patients had stable, falling, or rising patterns of high-sensitivity cardiac troponin I and T.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/05/17/algorithms-for-suspected-myocardial-infarction-perform-worse-in-falling-troponin-pattern.htm
17 May 2023
Elevated troponin T may help predict 30-day mortality
Troponin T levels independently predict 30-day mortality after noncardiac surgery, a new study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2012/06/13/2.htm
13 Jun 2012
In the News
Algorithm to rule in or rule out acute MI, feedback and daily lab orders, fecal transplant for Clostridium difficile, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/07/in-the-news.htm
15 Jul 2015
Myopericarditis: A clinical review
A case study highlights diagnosis and treatment of pericarditis and myopericarditis.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/09/expert-analysis-myopericarditis.htm
15 Sep 2015
Troponin, vitamin D, and more
Research summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/07/recent-research.htm
15 Jul 2020
qSOFA for mortality prediction, preoperative breathing exercises, and more
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/07/recent-research.htm
15 Jul 2018
Catch up on new COPD guidelines
A pulmonologist explained updated guidelines and offered tips on optimal care for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/06/catch-up-on-new-copd-guidelines.htm
15 Jun 2018
Hospitalist mentorship, heart failure prediction
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/02/in-the-news.htm
15 Feb 2018