Search results for "Chest pain"
Accelerated hypertension
Coding terminology hasn't caught up with the currently accepted clinical diagnostic terms for severe, uncontrolled hypertension.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/10/coding.htm
15 Oct 2010
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
Cases from Oregon Health & Science University
Thrombus-in-transit, serotonin syndrome, leptospirosis, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/07/brief-case-from-oregon-health-and-science-university.htm
15 Jul 2020
Cases from Saint Louis University Hospital
Anaphylaxis to mammalian meat, rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis, typhoid fever, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/09/brief-case.htm
15 Sep 2016
Hospitalists cost-effective even with per diem payments
Olive View-UCLA Medical Center improved census coverage and reduced payment denials.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/11/success.htm
15 Nov 2010
Cases from The Ohio State University Medical Center
Hypereosinophilia causing cardiac and pulmonary disease, pulmonary embolism presenting as syncope, and other cases are discussed.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/08/bc.htm
15 Aug 2013
MKSAP quiz on sickle cell disease
These cases and commentary, which address sickle cell disease, are excerpted from ACP's Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program (MKSAP16).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/04/ty.htm
15 Apr 2013
July 2009
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/07/
3-hour troponin level may help rule out NSTEMI in ED patients triaged to observation
A previously proposed cutoff for 3-hour change in high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T of 7 ng/L missed 66.7% of ED patients with non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI), but a cutoff of 15 ng/L combined with a 0/3-hour absolute change of less than 4 ng/L missed less than 1%.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/08/18/3.htm
18 Aug 2021
September 28, 2022
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/09/28/