Search results for "Syncope"
August 3, 2022
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/08/03/
Guideline released on evaluation, management of syncope
The joint guideline from the American College of Cardiology, the American Heart Association, and the Heart Rhythm Society includes detailed treatment recommendations for cardiovascular conditions, including arrhythmic conditions, structural conditions, and inheritable arrhythmic conditions.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/03/15/4.htm
15 Mar 2017
PE rarely found in patients presenting to ED with syncope
A new international study found that pulmonary embolism (PE) was detected at presentation in fewer than 2% of stable syncope patients seen in the ED, and during two-year follow-up, it occurred in fewer than 1%.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/08/07/1.htm
7 Aug 2019
November 2013
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/11/
Fewer than 1% of ED patients with syncope found to have PE in retrospective analysis
The findings should discourage the adoption of routine protocols for excluding pulmonary embolism (PE) in all patients presenting to the ED with syncope, the authors said.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/02/07/3.htm
7 Feb 2018
Babesiosis
An older patient with multiple comorbidities presented with headaches, fevers, myalgias, arthralgias, and some loss of balance.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/12/20/free/babesiosis.htm
20 Dec 2023
February 1, 2023
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/02/01/
Many patients seen in ED for syncope diagnosed with other condition after admission
Mortality rates and costs were higher for patients hospitalized and discharged with a primary diagnosis other than syncope compared to patients hospitalized and discharged with a diagnosis of syncope or discharged from the ED.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/11/08/3.htm
8 Nov 2017
June 2021
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https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/06/
Omitting ACE inhibitor before surgery reduced intraoperative hypotension, study finds
Postoperative hypotension was slightly less frequent when patients' usual angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor dose was omitted, but postoperative hypertension was slightly increased.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/08/01/1.htm
1 Aug 2018