Search results for "Acute coronary syndrome"
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 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
Be reasonable about cardiac testing
Stress tests are often ordered when CT angiography might be a better choice.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/06/be-reasonable-about-cardiac-testing.htm
15 Jun 2021
Adverse cardiac events rare in chest pain patients treated and discharged by ED
Among patients who presented to the ED with chest pain but were not diagnosed with myocardial infarction, risk of acute myocardial infarction, death, or coronary revascularization within 30 days did not appear to be affected by whether they were admitted, a retrospective study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/05/26/3.htm
26 May 2021
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
Individual case: Immunocompetent cryptococcal meningitis presenting as hearing loss
A patient's tinnitus in both ears progressed to bilateral hearing loss.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/04/brief-case-individual-immunocompetent-cryptococcal-meningitis.htm
15 Apr 2021
Cases from Oregon Health & Science University
Emphysematous pyelonephritis, copper deficiency, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/04/brief-case-from-oregon-health-and-science-university.htm
15 Apr 2021
High-sensitivity cardiac troponin may be useful for early ruleout of MI
A Scottish study found that length of stay decreased and discharge rates increased when a high-sensitivity cardiac troponin I concentration below 5 ng/L at ED presentation was used to rule out myocardial infarction (MI), although the safety of this strategy could not be proven.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/03/31/3.htm
31 Mar 2021
Anemia, antibiotic overuse, and more
Research summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/03/recent-research.htm
15 Mar 2021
Study finds no mortality benefit from use of oxygen in all patients with suspected ACS
Providing oxygen at 6 L/min to 8 L/min by face mask to all patients presenting with suspected acute coronary syndrome (ACS) versus only if oxygen saturation was less than 90% did not improve outcomes in a pragmatic, cluster-randomized, crossover trial in New Zealand.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/03/10/4.htm
10 Mar 2021