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Taking the hammer to sickle pain crises
February 1, 2017
Clinical question: Are any novel medicines designed to interrupt the pathophysiology of vaso-occlusion available to reduce the frequency and severity of pain crises in sickle cell anemia?
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Turnover rate for hospitalist groups trending downward
February 1, 2017
State of Hospital Medicine
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Sneak Peek: The Hospital Leader blog
February 1, 2017
Is QI really a dirty word for residents and physicians?
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Do 30-day readmissions mean anything?
February 1, 2017
New research shows 97% of reasons for readmission are beyond clinician control.
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‘I can handle it’– The state of hospitalist group backup systems
January 31, 2017
It took my hospital medicine group 20 years to implement a formal backup system. Of all the reasons we resisted creating a backup system, foremost was that we did not want to mandate additional work.
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Long-term oxygen for COPD with moderate desaturation
January 31, 2017
Clinical question: Does using supplemental oxygen in patients with stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) result in a longer time to death or first hospitalization?
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Hospital-acquired VTE with high risk of recurrence
January 26, 2017
Clinical question: Is the risk of recurrence for a venous thromboembolism (VTE) acquired as an inpatient higher than other reversible risk factors?
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Do not use steroids in patients with severe sepsis without shock
January 25, 2017
Does hydrocortisone therapy prevent progression to septic shock in patients with severe sepsis without shock?
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Dabigatran has less bleeding than rivaroxaban in atrial fibrillation
January 24, 2017
Does dabigatran or rivaroxaban have more bleeding episodes?
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High-flow oxygen noninferior to noninvasive ventilation postextubation
January 22, 2017
Clinical Question: Is high-flow oxygen noninferior to noninvasive ventilation (NIV) in preventing postextubation respiratory failure and reintubation?