Steven Z. Pantilat, MD, SFHM, medical director of the University of California San Francisco School of Medicine palliative care service, explains palliative care is not end-of-life care, and the role hospitalists should play in palliative cases.
Furosemide, a highly protein-bound organic acid, promotes free water clearance and natriuresis by entering the proximal tubules of the kidneys and blocking the sodium-potassium-chloride...
When hospitalists and other physicians who regularly treat patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) reflect on the infection’s initial days versus now, they are amazed at how far things...
Staffing shortages in hospital medicine affect hospitals nationwide, presenting a critical challenge. The Association of American Medical Colleges projects a shortage of up to 86,000 physicians by...
A 68-year-old male with left hemiplegia resulting from a cerebrovascular accident, type 2 diabetes mellitus, and a left ureteral stone presents to the emergency department with diarrhea, dysuria, and...
