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A trial in Ontario used a point-of-care algorithm to determine whether patients seen in the ED for acute heart failure (HF) should be discharged directly from the ED or after up to three days of observation, followed by transitional care in a heart failure clinic, or be admitted for inpatient care.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/11/16/algorithm-for-hf-risk-stratification-in-the-ed-associated-with-better-30-day-outcomes.htm
16 Nov 2022
Recent Research
Antiplatelets with dabigatran or warfarin, selective D-dimer for DVT, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/04/rr.htm
15 Apr 2013
Meta-cognition and its impact on physician self-diagnosis
A physician tried to self-diagnose his symptoms of a feeling of suffocation and a change in gait. Experts review the cognitive biases that made the doctor overlook the right diagnosis.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/10/graymatters.htm
15 Oct 2012
High-intensity medical therapy at HF discharge reduced readmissions, death
Researchers stopped the STRONG-HF randomized trial early due to greater than expected differences in outcomes between patients who received rapid up-titration of guideline-directed medical therapy under strict follow-up and those who received usual care.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/11/16/high-intensity-medical-therapy-at-hf-discharge-reduced-readmissions-death.htm
16 Nov 2022
Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa
This in-depth article covers epidemiology, medical pathology, and the role of an inpatient pathway to treat nutritional insufficiency (CPT 269.9).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/09/focus.htm
15 Sep 2011
Hospitalist mentorship, heart failure prediction
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/02/in-the-news.htm
15 Feb 2018
Validity of hospital rankings for MI, readmissions
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/01/in-the-news.htm
15 Jan 2018
Troponin levels in chronic kidney disease
Learn how to use cardiac troponins to diagnose acute coronary syndrome in chronic kidney disease.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/02/expert-analysis-troponin-levels-in-chronic-kidney-disease.htm
15 Feb 2020
Problems with pulmonary edema
Acute pulmonary edema is a serious condition, but coding rules don't always give it its due.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/06/coding.htm
15 Jun 2012
MKSAP quiz on cardiac biomarkers
These cases and commentary, which address cardiac biomarkers, are excerpted from ACP's Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program (MKSAP15).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/07/ty.htm
15 Jul 2012