Search results for "Pulmonary Embolism"
January 31, 2024
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/01/31/
Pulmonary embolism detected in about 6% of patients with COPD hospitalized with acute respiratory symptoms
In a study of 740 patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) hospitalized with acutely worsening respiratory symptoms at seven French hospitals, 5.9% had pulmonary embolism detected within 48 hours of admission using the revised Geneva score.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/01/13/4.htm
13 Jan 2021
August 2017
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/08/
Clinical decision support may be best strategy to reduce imaging for pulmonary embolism
In a systematic review of 17 studies, electronic clinical decision support was associated with a reduction in the use of imaging ranging between 8.3% and 25.4%, a rise in diagnostic yield of 3.4% to 4.4%, and an increase in appropriate ordering of 18% to 19%.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/01/10/3.htm
10 Jan 2018
February 23, 2022
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/02/23/
Wells score, negative D-dimer test can rule out pulmonary embolism in primary care patients
A Wells score of 4 or lower and a negative qualitative D-dimer test result can safely and efficiently exclude pulmonary embolism, a study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2012/10/17/6.htm
17 Oct 2012
February 2019
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/02/
Large-bore mechanical thrombectomy improves outcomes for intermediate-risk PE
Patients hospitalized with pulmonary embolism (PE) who received large-bore mechanical thrombectomy instead of catheter-directed thrombolysis were less likely to experience clinical deterioration and require subsequent ICU admission, an industry-funded randomized trial found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/11/06/large-bore-mechanical-thrombectomy-improves-outcomes-for-intermediate-risk-pe.htm
6 Nov 2024
Mythbusting COPD exacerbations
A pulmonologist offered her do's and don'ts for treating chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/10/30/mythbusting-copd-exacerbations.htm
30 Oct 2024
June 2020
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/06/