Erica Grabscheid, MD, FACP, FHM
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Pre-Operative Beta Blockers May Benefit Some Cardiac Patients
October 27, 2014
Clinical question: In patients with ischemic heart disease (IHD) undergoing non-cardiac surgery, do pre-operative beta blockers reduce post-operative major cardiovascular events (MACE) or mortality at 30 days? Background: Peri-operative beta blocker use has become more restricted, as evidence abo
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Facecards Improve Familiarity with Physician Names but Not Satisfaction
October 27, 2014
Clinical question: Do facecards improve patients’ familiarity with physicians and increase satisfaction, trust, and agreement with physicians? Background: Facecards can improve patients’ knowledge of names and roles of physicians, but their impact on other outcomes is unclear.
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Pre-Operative Beta Blockers May Benefit Some Cardiac Patients
April 30, 2014
Studies indicate beta blockers can lower post-operative risk of mortality, major cardiac events
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Hospitalist Reviews on Pre-Operative Beta Blockers, Therapeutic Hypothermia after Cardiac Arrest, Colloids vs. Crystalloids for Hypovolemic Shock
April 1, 2014
Also reviewed this month: inpatient boarding, triple-rule-out imaging for coronaries, edoxaban compared with warfarin for atrial fibrillation