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Kencee Graves, MD

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    Corticosteroids Show Benefit in Community-Acquired Pneumonia

    August 25, 2015

    Clinical question: Does corticosteroid treatment shorten systemic illness in patients admitted to the hospital for community-acquired pneumonia (CAP)? Background: Pneumonia is the third-leading cause of death worldwide.

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    Clinical Variables Predict Debridement Failure in Septic Arthritis

    July 29, 2015

    Clinical question: What risk factors predict septic arthritis surgical debridement failure? Background: Standard treatment of septic arthritis is debridement and antibiotics. Unfortunately, 23%-48% of patients fail single debridement.

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    Prednisolone or Pentoxifylline Show No Mortality Benefit in Alcoholic Hepatitis

    July 29, 2015

    Clinical question: Does administration of prednisolone or pentoxifylline reduce mortality in patients hospitalized with severe alcoholic hepatitis? Background: Alcoholic hepatitis is associated with high mortality.

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    Corticosteroids Show Benefit in Community-Acquired Pneumonia

    July 29, 2015

    Joshua LaBrin, MD, SFHM, Kencee Graves, MD, Karli Edholm, MD, Devin Horton, MD, and
Katie Lappe, MD; Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City

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    Nomogram Predicts Post-Operative Readmission

    July 29, 2015

    Clinical question: Can a nomogram accurately predict a patient’s risk of post-operative 30-day readmission? Background: Medicare and Medicaid have implemented penalties for hospitals with high readmission rates.

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    Antiepileptic Drugs Reduce Risk of Recurrent Unprovoked Seizures

    July 29, 2015

    Clinical question: What are the updated recommendations for treating first unprovoked seizure in adults? Background: Approximately 150,000 adults present with an unprovoked first seizure in the U.S. annually, and these events are associated with physical and psychological trauma.

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    PPI Usage with SBP Prophylaxis Predicts Recurrent Infections in Cirrhosis

    July 29, 2015

    Clinical question: What are the risk factors for development of a recurrent infection in cirrhotic patients hospitalized with an initial infection? Background: Infections are a major cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with cirrhosis.

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    Nontoxigenic C. diff Spores May Decrease Rates of Recurrent CDI

    July 29, 2015

    Clinical question: Is treatment with nontoxigenic C. diff strain M-3 (NTCD-M3) safe and effective in preventing recurrent Clostridium difficile infection (CDI)? Background: C. diff is the most commonly identified healthcare pathogen, and CDI has a 25%-30% recurrence rate. Not all C.

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    Retrievable IVC Plus Anticoagulation Does Not Reduce Risk of Recurrent Pulmonary Embolism

    July 29, 2015

    Clinical question: Does a retrievable inferior vena cava (IVC) filter in addition to anticoagulation in patients with an acute pulmonary embolism (PE) decrease the risk of recurrent PE? Background: Inferior vena cava placement has increased dramatically over the last three decades.

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    Fecal Microbiotia Transplantation in Treatment of Recurrent Clostridium difficile Infection

    July 14, 2015

    Clinical question: Does fecal microbiotia transplantation (FMT) effectively treat patients with recurrent Clostridium difficile infection (CDI)? Background: Patients with initial CDI have increased rates of recurrence (15%–30%), with variable success noted in treatment of recurrent disease.

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