Search results for "Acute coronary syndrome"
Coding cardiac conditions: Beyond acute coronary syndrome
Acute coronary syndrome is a very popular diagnosis frequently documented when a patient presents to the hospital with chest pain thought to be cardiac in origin. For accurate coding, physicians should document unstable angina or acute myocardial infarction.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/07/coding.htm
15 Jul 2009
February issue online and in the mail
This issue looks at collaboration between hospitals, with a main story about improving transfers and an inside feature about providing palliative care at rural facilities.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/02/12/5.htm
12 Feb 2020
High-sensitivity troponin testing improved processes, outcomes, hospital studies find
One study found that implementation of high-sensitivity testing reduced five-year mortality among patients with nonischemic myocardial injury, while another showed that it increased serial troponin testing but not hospital admissions.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/12/06/high-sensitivity-troponin-testing-improved-processes-outcomes-hospital-studies-find.htm
6 Dec 2023
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
Acute coronary syndrome: A cardiac conundrum
Physicians should view the label as provisional and evaluate further for a more specific diagnosis.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/01/coding.htm
15 Jan 2014
New biomarker for ACS offers better mortality risk prediction than GRACE score
Amyloid-β (1-40) was associated with mortality, even after adjustment for variables including age, sex, diabetes, high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T and C-reactive protein levels, revascularization, and acute coronary syndrome (ACS) type.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/05/23/3.htm
23 May 2018
In the News
Reports to the FDA of drug-related injury and death nearly tripled in the past eight years.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/11/itn.htm
15 Nov 2007
A new approach to inpatient admission status
Physicians must consider certain Medicare regulations, requirements when deciding whether to admit.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/09/coding.htm
15 Sep 2013
Blood transfusions and complications
This edition analyzes the clinical and administrative aspects of a fictional hospital patient who had complications from a blood transfusion.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/01/morning-report-blood-transfusions-and-complications.htm
15 Jan 2018
Hospital value-based purchasing
Physician documentation can affect a hospital's value-based purchasing score##mdash;and thus, its bottom line.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/07/coding.htm
15 Jul 2013