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Lower risk of ICH with dabigatran as compared to warfarin in atrial fibrillation
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
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
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
How does using procalcitonin levels for adults with acute respiratory infections (ARIs) affect patient outcomes?
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Delaying lumbar punctures for a head CT may result in increased mortality in acute bacterial meningitis
Can we safely perform lumbar punctures (LP) without neuroimaging in patients with acute bacterial meningitis (ABM)?
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Neuromodulation for Treatment-Refractory PTSD
Deep brain stimulation has been successful in treating Parkinson disease and essential tremor and is now reducing PTSD symptoms in the first...
Opinion
Defensive medicine’s stranglehold on the realities of practice
Patient history can unfortunately take a back seat to defensive medicine in emergency situations, writes Dr. Allan M. Block.
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Triple therapy in question
Clinical question: In patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), is dabigatran plus a...
Article
Penalizing Physicians for Low-Value Care in Hospital Medicine: A Randomized Survey
1Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington; 2UW Medicine Center for Scholarship in Patient Care Quality and Safety,...
Article
The Frontier of Transition Medicine: A Unique Inpatient Model for Transitions of Care
Section on Medicine-Pediatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California.*Address for...
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Isolation precautions are associated with higher costs, longer LOS
Clinical question: What are the effects of isolation precautions on hospital outcomes and cost of care?
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Urgent endoscopy is associated with lower mortality in high-risk patients with acute nonvariceal GI bleeding
Is urgent endoscopy (less than 6 hours after ED presentation) better than elective endoscopy (6-48 hours after presentation) to decrease mortality...
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Journal of Hospital Medicine – Dec. 2017
Read the latest research from the Journal of Hospital Medicine, the premier publication for dissemination of research and education for the...