Search results for "Acute coronary syndrome"
Cardiac societies release guideline on evaluation, diagnosis of chest pain
The recommendations from the American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology, with support from other societies, provide algorithms for assessing and diagnosing chest pain in adults and offer 10 take-home points, including on use of testing and imaging.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/11/10/3.htm
10 Nov 2021
How to treat a double whammy: Acute coronary syndrome and GI bleeding
What to do when patients present with acute coronary syndrome and gastrointestinal bleeding.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/07/acs.htm
15 Jul 2010
December 21, 2022
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/12/21/
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
May 3, 2023
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/05/03/
Elevated troponin levels associated with increased mortality in all age groups
Troponin was directly associated with mortality in patients without acute coronary syndrome and those with acute coronary syndrome who were managed medically. In patients treated invasively, there was a paradoxical decrease in mortality risk at the highest troponin levels.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/11/27/3.htm
27 Nov 2019
October 26, 2022
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/10/26/
Documentation of medical necessity
“Medical necessity” is a vague standard, but it's a crucial one to try to understand.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/11/coding.htm
15 Nov 2012
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
Which chest pain patients can go home?
Research on risk algorithms and tests helping to identify unnecessary hospitalizations.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/10/chest-pain-discharge.htm
15 Oct 2015