Search results for "VTE"
June 2020
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/06/
Hospitals' volume of PE treatment associated with 30-day PE-related mortality
Patients treated for pulmonary embolism (PE) at hospitals that saw at least 40 PEs per year had about half the rate of mortality from PE as patients treated at hospitals that saw fewer than 15 PEs per year.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/08/07/2.htm
7 Aug 2019
February 14, 2024
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/02/14/
Novel bleeding risk score estimated risk of early major bleeding in acute PE
The newly developed and validated risk score uses three factors to predict bleeding after pulmonary embolism (PE): syncope, anemia, and renal dysfunction.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/07/14/3.htm
14 Jul 2021
December 2018
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/12/
IVC filters lower PE death risk vs anticoagulants, but raise recurrent VTE risk
Patients with venous thromboembolism (VTE) and significant bleeding risk who got inferior vena cava (IVC) filters had a lower risk of pulmonary embolism (PE)-related death, but a higher risk of recurrent VTE than those on anticoagulants only, a study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2014/03/12/3.htm
12 Mar 2014
August 17, 2022
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/08/17/
Rivaroxaban reduced recurrence of unprovoked VTE compared to warfarin
The results support and expand on the findings of previous clinical trials and observational studies of rivaroxaban, by looking at routine care and including patients with pulmonary embolism.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/04/19/3.htm
19 Apr 2017
Catching postop problems
An expert offers tips on dealing with postoperative fever, urinary retention, nausea and vomiting, acute kidney injury, and atrial fibrillation.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/11/22/catching-postop-problems.htm
22 Nov 2023
New guidelines cover VTE prophylaxis, diagnosis, anticoagulation, and HIT
Several guidelines related to venous thromboembolism (VTE) prevention and treatment were recently published by the American Society of Hematology, with more promised soon.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/12/05/1.htm
5 Dec 2018