Hospital Medicine
- 2017 Update in perioperative medicine: 6 questions answered
Topics: cardiac risk assessment, surgery after percutaneous intervention, statins, sleep apnea, bridging anticoagulation, and frailty.
- Navigating the anticoagulant landscape in 2017
What is the best strategy in acute venous thromboembolism? How should anticoagulation be managed before surgery?
- Ring-enhancing cerebral lesions
The patient has poorly controlled HIV, seizures, and brain lesions. Is Histoplasma or Toxoplasma the cause of the lesions?
- When should brain imaging precede lumbar puncture in cases of suspected bacterial meningitis?
Few patients need it. Empiric antibiotic and corticosteroid therapy must not be delayed.
- In Reply: Acid-base disturbances January 2017
Readers comment on caring for international patients (November 2016) and on acid-base disorders (January 2017).
- Acid-base disturbances January 2017
Readers comment on caring for international patients (November 2016) and on acid-base disorders (January 2017).
- Altered mental status and an acid-base disturbance January 2017
Errors occurred in: Mani S, Rutecki GW. A patient with altered mental status and an acid-base disturbance. Cleve Clin J Med 2017; 84:27β34.
- Blending classic clinical skills with new technology
Back βin the day,β the giants of medicine relied on old-fashioned skills; today, we have an upgraded set of tools.
- A patient with altered mental status and an acid-base disturbance
Acid-base disorders can be diagnosed and characterized using a systematic, fi ve-step approach.
- Cardiogenic shock: From ECMO to Impella and beyond
Several devices can serve as a bridge to recovery, transplant, or a long-term device.