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    Perioperative Hyperglycemia Increases Risk of Poor Outcomes in Nondiabetics

    March 24, 2015

    Clinical question: How does perioperative hyperglycemia affect the risk of adverse events in diabetic patients compared to nondiabetic patients? Background: Perioperative hyperglycemia is associated with increased rates of infection, myocardial infarction, stroke, and death.

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    Oral Proton Pump Inhibitors (PPIs) as Effective as IV PPIs in Peptic Ulcer Bleeding

    January 22, 2014

    Study shows oral PPIs may reduce hospital length of stay without increased risk of re-bleeding, but suggests more research is needed

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    Intravenous Haloperidol Does Not Prevent ICU Delirium

    December 5, 2013

    Research suggests physicians avoid using scheduled antipsychotics to reduce ICU delirium in critically ill inpatients

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    Reviews of Research on Haloperidol and ICU Delirium, Proton Pump Inhibitors, Thrombolytics and Stroke

    December 2, 2013

    Also reviewed this month: hospital-acquired anemia, prothrombin complex concentrate and fresh frozen plasma, surgical site infections, colchine and NSAIDs for acute pericarditis

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    In the Literature: Research You Need to Know

    October 17, 2012

    Chlorhexidine bathing associated with significant, sustainable reductions in central-venous-catheter-associated bloodstream infection

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    ITL: Physician Reviews of HM-Relevant Research

    October 1, 2012

    Prediction tool for neurological outcomes after in-hospital cardiac arrest; Radiation exposure in integrated healthcare systems; Postoperative troponin predicts 30-day mortality; Clinical prediction model of mortality in acute heart failure; Indwelling pleural catheter vs. talc pleurodesis via chest tube; Early surgery or high-risk, native-valve endocarditis patients; Risk factors after ED visit for syncope; Acute hyperglycemia in CAP patients; Hospital delirium associated with cognitive decline, institutionalization, and death; Seven-day ciproflaxacin effective against acute pyelonephritis; Advance directives in community patients with heart failure; Chlorhexidine bathing effective against CVC-associated bloodstream infections; Simulation training improves lumbar puncture skills; PCP referrals to hospitals and publicly reported data; Medication reconciliation best practices.

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    In the Literature

    August 1, 2009

    The latest research you need to know

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    Feedback Failures

    April 1, 2008

    Just as a World War II naval disaster stranded its victims, weaknesses in the discharge process can leave patients unaccounted for at follow-up

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    The Psychology of Error

    November 1, 2007

    Human need to be right can spell disaster

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    In the Literature

    November 1, 2007

    The latest research you need to know