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Perioperative Medication Management Controversies
July 1, 2025
The session began with Alana Sigmund, MD, SFHM, medical director for arthroplasty at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York, addressing the complex issue of perioperative medication management,...
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Heating Up: Febrile Neutropenia for the Hospitalist
July 1, 2025
“You will encounter neutropenic fever in your career as a hospitalist,” emphasized David Goese, MD, an academic hospitalist and assistant professor of medicine at the Northwestern University...
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The Wholly Frail—Choose Your Own Surgical Adventure
July 1, 2025
This workshop presented participants with three case scenarios of older adults needing surgical interventions, including inpatient management after traumatic rib fracture, vascular surgery for...
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Point-of-Care Ultrasound for the Big and Small
July 1, 2025
At SHM Converge 2025, Shelia Swartz, MD, MPH, associate professor at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee, shared practical insights into the use of point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) to...
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Press Your Luck: Point-of-Care Ultrasound Video Trivia
July 1, 2025
Attendees at this SHM Converge 2025 workshop pulled up a chair, grabbed a pen (and maybe a pint…of coffee, that is), and braced themselves for a morning of high-stakes, low-stress competition....
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Winning Big in MedEd: Best Practices for Optimizing Bedside Rounds for Patients and Learners
July 1, 2025
Annie Massart, MD, SFHM, a hospitalist and assistant professor in the division of hospital medicine at Emory University in Atlanta, is a well-known clinician educator and is revered for her...
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TADA! No Magic Tricks Required: Evidence-Based Delirium Management for the Hospitalist
July 1, 2025
Hospital-acquired delirium is a relatively common condition encountered by hospitalists that continues to pose several ongoing challenges, particularly in the realms of diagnosis and management. In...
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No Addiction Medicine Service? No Problem! Things You Need to Know to Care for Patients with Substance Use Disorders
July 1, 2025
Hospitalists frequently encounter patients with substance use disorders (SUDs), yet many institutions lack dedicated addiction medicine services. As opioid-related hospitalizations and overdose...
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Managing Inpatient Diabetes: Practical Pearls and Complex Scenarios
July 1, 2025
In this high-yield session, Lily Ackermann, MD, a clinical associate professor of medicine at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia, addressed the complexities of inpatient diabetes...
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The Great Debate 2025—Controversies in Perioperative Medicine
July 1, 2025
Under the bright, early‑morning glow of a Vegas ballroom—think less blackjack table, more brightly lit lecture hall—two perioperative medicine rivals took the stage for SHM’s “Great...