News
Steroids do not reduce mortality in patients with septic shock
- Author:
- Bryan Huang
- MD
- FHM
Among patients with septic shock undergoing mechanical ventilation, does hydrocortisone reduce 90-day mortality?
News

Prompting during rounds decreases lab utilization in patients nearing discharge
- Author:
- Bryan Huang
- MD
- FHM
Does prompting hospitalists during interdisciplinary rounds to discontinue lab orders on patients nearing discharge result in a decrease in lab...
Article
Strategies to Improve Hepatocellular Carcinoma Surveillance in Veterans With Hepatitis B Infection
- Author:
- Charitha Gowda
- MD
- MPH; Umar Sheikh
- MD; Andrew W. Maier
- MD; Kyong-Mi Chang
- MD; David E. Kaplan
- MSc; Vincent Lo Re III
- MSCE; and Valerianna K. Amorosa
Attitudes of patients as well as infectious disease, gastroenterology, and primary care providers need to be addressed to improve surveillance...
Opinion

Sharpen your ax
- Author:
- Thomas E. Crosslin III
- MD
- Facs
Once I knocked away the cobwebs, my confidence came back, and things went smooth as silk.
Article
Heart Transplantation Outcomes in Patients With Hepatitis C Virus Infection: Potential Impact of Newer Antiviral Treatments After Transplantation
- Author:
- Mohammed Quader
- MD; Luke G. Wolfe
- MS; Gundars Katlaps
- MD; Neil Lewis
- MD; and Vigneshwar Kasirajan
- MD
This study found significant improvements in heart transplant outcomes and survival in patients with hepatitis C virus.
News

The hospitalist as intensivist
- Author:
- By Anna Maria Muñoa
- MD
What roles, training, and support do hospitalists have and perceive in the intensive care unit?
News

Guidelines to optimize treatment of reduced ejection fraction heart failure
- Author:
- By Anna Maria Muñoa
- MD
What guidance is there for clinical care of complex heart failure patients?
Article

Emergency Imaging: Femoral Pseudoaneurysm
- Author:
- Alex Koo
- MD; Vincent Ball
- MD
An 84-year-old man presented for evaluation of an increasingly swollen mass on his left groin.
News

Don’t delay hip-fracture surgery
- Author:
- Glenn Moulder
- MD
What is the association of wait time and 30-day mortality in patients undergoing hip-fracture surgery?
News

Lower risk of ICH with dabigatran as compared to warfarin in atrial fibrillation
- Author:
- Rahul Mehta
- MD
Is dabigatran superior to warfarin with regards to the risk of intracranial hemorrhage and myocardial infarction in patients with atrial...
News

Providers’ prior imaging patterns and ownership of equipment are strong predictors of low-value imaging
- Author:
- Amber Inofuentes
- MD
Is there evidence that ownership of imaging equipment, prior ordering history, and ordering behavior in other clinical scenarios are associated...
News

High 5-year mortality in patients admitted with heart failure regardless of ejection fraction
- Author:
- Miriam Gomez-Sanchez
- MD
Are there differences in 5-year outcomes in patients hospitalized with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (ejection fraction [EF],...
News

Use procalcitonin-guided algorithms to guide antibiotic therapy for acute respiratory infections to improve patient outcomes
- Author:
- Michele Sundar
- MD
How does using procalcitonin levels for adults with acute respiratory infections (ARIs) affect patient outcomes?
Audio
Myelodysplastic syndromes: etiologies, evaluation, and therapy
- Author:
- David Henry
- MD; David Steensma
- MD
News

Delaying lumbar punctures for a head CT may result in increased mortality in acute bacterial meningitis
- Author:
- Noble Maleque
- MD
- FHM
- facp
Can we safely perform lumbar punctures (LP) without neuroimaging in patients with acute bacterial meningitis (ABM)?