Search results for "Anticoagulants"
Duty hours, infective endocarditis
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/08/recent-research.htm
15 Aug 2019
MKSAP quiz on atrial fibrillation
This month's quiz includes questions from ACP's Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program (MKSAP 18) on atrial fibrillation.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/08/mksap-quiz-on-atrial-fibrillation.htm
15 Aug 2019
Interrupting DOACs for surgery associated with low rates of major bleeding, clots in afib patients
The standardized strategy stopped direct oral anticoagulants (DOAC) for one to two days prior to an elective surgery or procedure and resumed DOACs one to three days afterward, without heparin bridging, in patients with atrial fibrillation.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/08/14/3.htm
14 Aug 2019
Bridging with heparin after stroke associated with worse outcomes than not bridging
Both ischemic and bleeding events within 90 days of stroke were more common among patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation who received full-dose low-molecular-weight heparin when starting a direct oral anticoagulant or warfarin.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/07/03/2.htm
3 Jul 2019
COPD transitions, afib in sepsis
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/06/recent-research.htm
15 Jun 2019
Bonus online case: Antiphospholipid syndrome and bilateral adrenal hemorrhage
A patient with a history of antiphospholipid antibody syndrome and new abdominal pain.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/05/brief-case-online-antiphospholipid.htm
15 May 2019
Infective endocarditis increases ischemic stroke risk for up to two years
The risk of ischemic stroke was highest during the first four weeks after an infective endocarditis diagnosis, and it was lower in patients on anticoagulation, according to the Danish registry study.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/05/08/4.htm
8 May 2019
Improving in-hospital handoffs
Any physicians who hand off patients may want to consider how well their messages are being understood, especially because patient safety is at stake.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/04/17/4.htm
17 Apr 2019
A hospitalist primer
Learn hospital medicine from A to Z.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/04/free/newmans-notions-a-hospitalist-primer.htm
15 Apr 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