Search results for "Anticoagulants"
November 15, 2023
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/11/15/
Which patients to anticoagulate and how
Updated guidelines, new drugs are among the things to know to treat venous thromboembolism.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/06/anticoagulation.htm
15 Jun 2017
Afib initiative strives to close a quality gap
The goal is getting more physicians to recognize and treat at-risk patients.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/08/afib.htm
15 Aug 2012
Hospital performance on one stroke quality measure may predict performance on others
Hospitals that performed well on one of four indicators—carotid imaging, antithrombolytic therapy, treatment in a stroke unit, or discharge to inpatient rehabilitation—tended to also perform well on the other three, and the reverse was also true, with poor performance on one predicting poor performance on the others.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/12/09/4.htm
9 Dec 2020
Enoxaparin and dalteparin similarly effective for VTE prophylaxis in trauma patients
In a U.S. hospital, the low-molecular-weight heparin on the formulary was switched from enoxaparin to dalteparin and then back to enoxaparin, and venous thromboembolism (VTE) rates were compared under these policies.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/08/30/1.htm
30 Aug 2017
HCAP guidelines, CPR survival, and more
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/04/recent-research.htm
15 Apr 2018
MI performance measures, health literacy and LOS, and more
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/02/recent-research.htm
15 Feb 2018
Pulmonary embolisms often found in patients with acute COPD exacerbations
Patients who were found to have a pulmonary embolism more frequently reported pleuritic chest pain or had signs of cardiac failure, while signs of respiratory infection were associated with lower likelihood of pulmonary embolism.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/08/31/3.htm
31 Aug 2016
Manufacturer asked to remove opioid from market
Details on the latest warnings, recalls, and approvals.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/08/fda-update.htm
15 Aug 2017
Recent Research
IVC filters and risk of death from pulmonary embolism, thrombolysis within two hours of stroke onset, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/08/rr.htm
15 Aug 2014