Search results for "Blood Pressure"
As-needed blood pressure medication associated with acute kidney injury
Hypertensive patients who received as-needed blood pressure drugs, particularly IV ones, during a medical hospitalization had higher rates of acute kidney injury than those who didn't get as-needed meds, a retrospective Veterans Affairs study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/12/11/as-needed-blood-pressure-medication-associated-with-acute-kidney-injury.htm
11 Dec 2024
Antihypertensive treatment intensified at discharge regardless of outpatient blood pressure history
A study of older VA patients with hypertension hospitalized for noncardiac conditions found that 14% had their antihypertensive treatment intensified at discharge.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/09/19/1.htm
19 Sep 2018
Hypertension
Accurate documentation of hypertensive crisis, urgency, and emergency can have a substantial impact on reimbursement.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/11/20/hypertension.htm
20 Nov 2024
43% of ischemic stroke patients discharged with high blood pressure
Forty-three percent of patients hospitalized with acute ischemic stroke were discharged with elevated blood pressure, and 33% had uncontrolled blood pressure six months later, a new analysis found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2011/06/29/4.htm
29 Jun 2011
August 16, 2023
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/08/16/
Different blood pressure in each arm may indicate vascular disease
Patients who have significant differences in systolic blood pressure between their right and left arms may be at increased risk of vascular disease, a new study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2012/02/08/4.htm
8 Feb 2012
April 3, 2024
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/04/03/
Lowering blood pressure immediately after stroke doesn't reduce death, disability
Using medication to lower blood pressure in the first 48 hours after acute ischemic stroke onset doesn't reduce death or disability, a new study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2013/11/27/3.htm
27 Nov 2013
Hospitalists tackle trauma
A geriatric trauma service staffed by hospitalists filled a gap in care for older patients who had been injured.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/11/06/hospitalists-tackle-trauma.htm
6 Nov 2024
Few guidelines address inpatient blood pressure management
A search of current guidelines did not find any recommended goals for inpatient blood pressure or any recommendations on how to manage asymptomatic moderately elevated blood pressure in the hospital.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/04/03/few-guidelines-address-inpatient-blood-pressure-management.htm
3 Apr 2024