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Test yourself: Acute kidney injury
The following cases and commentary, which address infectious diseases, are excerpted from ACP’s Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program (MKSAP14).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/07/ty.htm
15 Jul 2009
Unmasking the patient's hidden agenda
A patient’s reply of “so-soâ€ï¿½ regarding her depression leads a doctor to dig deeper.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/09/mindful.htm
15 Sep 2009
Journal watch: Recent studies of note
Recent studies about predicting surgical outcomes, abdominal CTs for C. diff patients, and other topics.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/10/jw.htm
15 Oct 2009
Locum terror
Here I was pulling into the staff parking lot of a funky old private sanitarium in the middle of stinking nowhere. I rang the bell and the creaky door swung open. A very pale and dusty nurse pointed to the staff lounge, but said nothing, though I seemed to detect the ghost of a smile.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/10/free/newman.htm
15 Oct 2009
Using observation services
Hospitals often struggle to achieve compliance with CMS regulations for determining whether a patient should be classified as an inpatient or an outpatient with observation services.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/11/coding.htm
15 Nov 2009
Is it observation or inpatient?
The question of “observation or inpatient” has perplexed hospital physicians for some time, but it's recently acquired greater financial significance. Recovery audit contractors paid by Medicare will be looking at hospitals' one-day admissions to determine whether patients were appropriately admitted or should have been under observation status.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/11/observation.htm
15 Nov 2009
MKSAP: Hematology/oncology
The following cases and commentary, which address hematology/oncology, are excerpted from ACP's Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program (MKSAP15).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/11/test.htm
15 Nov 2009
In the News
Mortality disparities after in-hospital cardiac arrest, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/12/itn.htm
15 Dec 2009
Test yourself: Pulmonary artery catheterization
The following cases and commentary, which address pulmonary artery catheterization, are excerpted from ACP's Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program (MKSAP14).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/02/ty.htm
15 Feb 2010
Test yourself: Pneumonia
The following cases and commentary, which address pneumonia, are excerpted from ACP's Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program (MKSAP14).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/03/ty.htm
15 Mar 2010