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Steroids do not reduce mortality in patients with septic shock

Author:
Bryan Huang
MD
FHM
Publish date: June 27, 2018

Among patients with septic shock undergoing mechanical ventilation, does hydrocortisone reduce 90-day mortality?

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Prompting during rounds decreases lab utilization in patients nearing discharge

Author:
Bryan Huang
MD
FHM
Publish date: June 26, 2018

Does prompting hospitalists during interdisciplinary rounds to discontinue lab orders on patients nearing discharge result in a decrease in lab...

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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...

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Opinion

Sharpen your ax

Author:
Thomas E. Crosslin III
MD
Facs
Publish date: June 18, 2018

Once I knocked away the cobwebs, my confidence came back, and things went smooth as silk.

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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.

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The hospitalist as intensivist

Author:
By Anna Maria Muñoa
MD
Publish date: May 21, 2018

What roles, training, and support do hospitalists have and perceive in the intensive care unit?

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Guidelines to optimize treatment of reduced ejection fraction heart failure

Author:
By Anna Maria Muñoa
MD
Publish date: May 18, 2018

What guidance is there for clinical care of complex heart failure patients?

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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.

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Don’t delay hip-fracture surgery

Author:
Glenn Moulder
MD
Publish date: April 26, 2018

What is the association of wait time and 30-day mortality in patients undergoing hip-fracture surgery?

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Lower risk of ICH with dabigatran as compared to warfarin in atrial fibrillation

Author:
Rahul Mehta
MD
Publish date: April 26, 2018

Is dabigatran superior to warfarin with regards to the risk of intracranial hemorrhage and myocardial infarction in patients with atrial...

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Providers’ prior imaging patterns and ownership of equipment are strong predictors of low-value imaging

Author:
Amber Inofuentes
MD
Publish date: April 19, 2018

Is there evidence that ownership of imaging equipment, prior ordering history, and ordering behavior in other clinical scenarios are associated...

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High 5-year mortality in patients admitted with heart failure regardless of ejection fraction

Author:
Miriam Gomez-Sanchez
MD
Publish date: April 18, 2018

Are there differences in 5-year outcomes in patients hospitalized with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (ejection fraction [EF],...

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Use procalcitonin-guided algorithms to guide antibiotic therapy for acute respiratory infections to improve patient outcomes

Author:
Michele Sundar
MD
Publish date: April 13, 2018

How does using procalcitonin levels for adults with acute respiratory infections (ARIs) affect patient outcomes?

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Myelodysplastic syndromes: etiologies, evaluation, and therapy

Author:
David Henry
MD; David Steensma
MD
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Delaying lumbar punctures for a head CT may result in increased mortality in acute bacterial meningitis

Author:
Noble Maleque
MD
FHM
facp
Publish date: April 10, 2018

Can we safely perform lumbar punctures (LP) without neuroimaging in patients with acute bacterial meningitis (ABM)?

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