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Any detectable high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T (hs-cTn) level is associated with adverse outcomes
April 4, 2018
What is the association between high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T (hs-cTn) levels and outcomes in patients with chest pain?
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Admitting medicine patients to off-service, nonmedicine units linked with increased in-hospital mortality
April 3, 2018
Do medicine patients admitted to off-service inpatient units during times of hospital saturation have worse quality of care and outcomes?
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Few acutely ill hospitalized patients receive VTE prophylaxis
April 2, 2018
The results “imply that there is a significantly unmet need for effective VTE prophylaxis in both the inpatient and outpatient continuum of care.”
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A SNF-based enhanced care program may help reduce 30-day readmissions
April 2, 2018
Does introduction of an Enhanced Care Program affect 30-day readmissions of patients discharged from an acute care hospital to a skilled nursing facility (SNF)?
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Sustaining the evolution of PAs in hospital medicine
March 30, 2018
Hospitalist PAs should find an HM group whose culture allows and supports their growth as advanced practice clinicians.
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Protocol helped identify hospitalized children at risk for VTE
March 30, 2018
SAN DIEGO – Children with hospital-acquired VTE tended to be more medically complex, a single-center study showed.
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Warfarin dose capping avoided supratherapeutic INRs in hospitalized elderly
March 30, 2018
SAN DIEGO – Limiting the initial dose of warfarin to 2.5 mg or less for hospitalized patients aged 85 years and older led to significant reductions in supratherapeutic INRs.
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New IDSA guidelines for managing infectious diarrhea
March 30, 2018
Clinical question: What is the best management of acute or persistent infectious diarrhea in adults and children?
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Understanding the new CMS bundle model
March 30, 2018
If there is broad participation, BPCI Advanced could represent a key milestone for hospitalists.
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A public health approach to gun violence
March 30, 2018
Addressing gun violence as a public health concern is not a distraction from other important public health issues.
