Search results for "Acute coronary syndrome"
Failing at heart failure treatment
Readmissions for heart failure cause financial problems for hospitals and even more pressing problems for patients. Everyone from Medicare to individual physicians is focused on methods of improvement.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/08/heart.htm
15 Aug 2010
Most nonsmoking inpatients with CHD aren't asked about secondhand smoke exposure
Only 17% of nonsmoking inpatients with coronary heart disease (CHD) said a clinician asked them during their hospitalization about secondhand smoke exposure, a recent study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2014/11/19/2.htm
19 Nov 2014
Short-term dual antiplatelet therapy noninferior to long-term after drug-eluting stent placement
Three months of dual antiplatelet therapy after placement of a zotarolimus drug-eluting stent was noninferior to 12 months of therapy, according to a new study.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2013/11/06/3.htm
6 Nov 2013
Studies on bedside lung ultrasound, preoperative frailty screening, and more
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/05/recent-research.htm
15 May 2017
Prasugrel not helpful in certain ACS patients scheduled for catheterization
In patients with non-ST-segment elevation (NSTE) acute coronary syndrome (ACS) scheduled to undergo catheterization, pretreatment with prasugrel at diagnosis didn't reduce the rate of major ischemic events and increased the rate of major bleeding complications, a new industry-funded study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2013/09/11/1.htm
11 Sep 2013
Recent Research
Transfusion strategies, hyponatremia at admission, follow-up timing and medication adherence, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/06/recent-research.htm
15 Jun 2016
Letter from the Editor
This issue features our coverage from Internal Medicine 2010, including stories on thrombocytopenia, concurrent GI bleeding and acute coronary syndrome, managing patients in opioid withdrawal, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/07/lfe.htm
15 Jul 2010
Hospitalists carve niche in preop care with clinics
Management before surgery can prevent last-minute cancellations, postop complications.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/07/preop.htm
15 Jul 2014
Cardiac biomarkers: easy to use and misuse
Experts offer advice on using cardiac troponin and natriuretic peptides to optimize patient care.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/07/biomarkers.htm
15 Jul 2012
Groundhog shift
I'd seen that movie. Could it really be happening to me?.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/02/newman.htm
15 Feb 2012