Search results for "Ultrasound"
Updating heart failure documentation
There are important differences between the 2021 universal definition of heart failure and ICD-10-CM terminology.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/07/27/updating-heart-failure-documentation.htm
27 Jul 2022
Recent Research
Influenza vaccination in hospitalized surgical patients, echocardiography use, outcomes in older patients after ED discharge, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/05/recent-research.htm
15 May 2016
MKSAP quiz on pulmonary embolism
This month's quiz includes questions from ACP's Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program (MKSAP 18) on pulmonary embolism.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/06/mksap-quiz-on-pulmonary-embolism.htm
15 Jun 2020
Enhancing the inpatient physical exam
Hospitalists debate the pros and cons of performing routine inpatient exams every day and offer their advice for improving how physical exams are taught and practiced.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/03/09/enhancing-the-inpatient-physical-exam.htm
9 Mar 2022
POCUS for DVT, inpatient digoxin
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/01/in-the-news.htm
15 Jan 2020
Take cardiac symptoms in women seriously
An expert reviewed conditions with different presentations or higher incidence in women.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/06/take-cardiac-symptoms-in-women-seriously.htm
15 Jun 2021
A joint approach
A case study helps explain how to differentiate gout from pseudogout.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/03/02/free/newmans-notions-joint-approach.htm
2 Mar 2022
Online case: De Winter's sign in acute coronary syndrome
A man was hospitalized for severe substernal chest pressure radiating to his left arm.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/04/brief-case-online-de-winter.htm
15 Apr 2021
In the News
OIG approves medical center's payment plan for ED coverage.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/12/itn.htm
15 Dec 2007
Chief resident-led medical procedure service appears safe, successful
Internal medicine chief residents trained and supervised interns in ultrasound-guided procedures during a four-week rotation. Rates of overall procedure success, complications, and major complications were 94%, 2.6%, and 0.6%, respectively, according to analysis from 2011 to 2022.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/06/07/chief-resident-led-medical-procedure-service-appears-safe-successful.htm
7 Jun 2023