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Nita Shrikant Kulkarni, MD

Dr. Kulkarni is an assistant professor of hospital medicine at Northwestern University in Chicago. She is editor of the Journal of Hospital Medicine POEMs.

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    Interdisciplinary Team Interventions Have Little Impact on Traditional Quality Measures

    October 5, 2015

    Clinical question: Do interdisciplinary team care interventions affect outcomes for hospitalized patients in general medical wards? Bottom line: Interdisciplinary team care interventions do not significantly affect oft-used quality measures such as length of stay, readmissions, or mortality.

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    Increased Mortality With Perioperative Beta-Blockade in Low-Risk Patients Undergoing Noncardiac Surgery

    September 3, 2015

    Clinical question: Does the use of perioperative beta-blockers affect the outcomes in patients undergoing noncardiac surgery? Bottom line: Determining the presence or absence of cardiac risk factors is important when deciding whether to use beta-blockers during the perioperative period for patien

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    Wells Score Not Helpful in Hospitalized Patients With Suspected DVT

    September 3, 2015

    Clinical question: How useful is the Wells score for risk-stratifying hospitalized patients with suspected deep vein thrombosis? Bottom line: The Wells score is not helpful in the inpatient setting to predict the presence or absence of deep vein thrombosis (DVT).

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    High-Flow Oxygen Therapy No Worse Than Noninvasive Ventilation, May Reduce Mortality

    July 21, 2015

    Clinical question: Does high-flow oxygen therapy result in a decreased rate of intubation for patients with nonhypercapnic acute hypoxemic respiratory failure? Bottom line: In this underpowered study, the use of high-flow oxygen therapy did not significantly reduce the rate of intubation as compa

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    Patient Navigators Reduce Readmission Rates for High-Risk Older Patients

    July 21, 2015

    Clinical question: Does the use of a patient navigator to guide hospitalized patients through the health care system reduce 30-day readmission rates? Bottom line: The use of a community health worker acting as a patient navigator (PN), both during hospitalization and after discharge, to assist pa

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    Avoid Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazole for Severe MRSA Infections

    July 9, 2015

    Clinical question: Is trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole equivalent to vancomycin for the treatment of severe infections caused by methicillin-resistant Staphyloccus aureus? Bottom line: Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (TMP-SMX) did not achieve noninferiority as compared with vancomycin for the treatmen

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    No Advantage to Routine Thrombectomy Prior to Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for STEMI

    June 3, 2015

    Clinical question: Does the use of routine thrombectomy for patients presenting with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction improve outcomes? Bottom line: For patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), the rout

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    Temporary IVC Filter Added to Anticoagulation Does Not Decrease Pulmonary Embolism Recurrence Risk

    June 3, 2015

    Clinical question: Does the insertion of a retrievable inferior vena cava filter in addition to anticoagulation prevent the recurrence of pulmonary embolism in high-risk patients? Bottom line: For patients with pulmonary embolism (PE) who are at high risk of recurrence or who have poor cardiopulm

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    Restrictive Transfusion Strategy No Benefit for Cardiac Surgery Patients

    May 4, 2015

    Clinical question: Does a restrictive transfusion strategy improve outcomes following nonemergent cardiac surgery? Bottom line: For patients undergoing cardiac surgery, using a restrictive transfusion strategy with a hemoglobin threshold of 7.5 g/dL does not decrease serious infections or ischemi

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    Endovascular Treatment for Acute Ischemic Stroke Decreases Mortality

    May 4, 2015

    Clinical question: Does endovascular treatment improve outcomes for patients with acute ischemic stroke? Bottom line: For patients with acute ischemic stroke and imaging that suggests a proximal artery occlusion with evidence of good collateral circulation, the use of rapid endovascular treatment

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