Search results for "Acute coronary syndrome"
Sex differences prevalent in acute MI presentation and treatment
One recent study looked at outcomes after acute myocardial infarction (MI) in older men compared to women, while another examined the effect of sex-specific diagnostic thresholds for high-sensitivity cardiac troponin I.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/10/23/3.htm
23 Oct 2019
Adding judgment and EKG to troponin better identified unstable angina, but not AMI
Researchers tested the hypothesis that adding additional information to a high-sensitivity cardiac troponin algorithm would improve diagnosis of ED patients with suspected acute myocardial infarction (AMI).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/08/14/4.htm
14 Aug 2019
Cardiac biomarkers may help identify high CV risk in CAP patients
Higher initial levels of cardiovascular proadrenomedullin, proendothelin-1, troponin T, pro B-type natriuretic peptide, and interleukin-6 were associated with cardiovascular (CV) events in patients hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/08/14/2.htm
14 Aug 2019
Identify the toxin
An Internal Medicine Meeting 2019 speaker outlined overdose causes.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/06/im-identify-the-toxin.htm
15 Jun 2019
Top 10 medical myths, busted
Hospitalists should be a little more tentative about these tenets.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/06/im-top-10-medical-myths-busted.htm
15 Jun 2019
NSTEMI algorithm, metabolic acidemia, and more
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/02/recent-research.htm
15 Feb 2019
Physicians' obligations under EMTALA
Some examples explain the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/02/perspectives-physicians-obligations-under-emtala.htm
15 Feb 2019
Working up inpatient psychosis
Ask the right questions and know the common differentials to speed your diagnosis.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/12/working-up-inpatient-psychosis.htm
15 Dec 2018
MKSAP quiz on gastroenterology
This month's quiz includes questions from ACP's Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program (MKSAP 18) on gastroenterology.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/12/mksap-quiz-on-gastroenterology.htm
15 Dec 2018
Too much of a good thing?
Recent research shows excess oxygen supplementation can harm.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/11/oxygen-too-much-of-a-good-thing.htm
15 Nov 2018