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    Updates in Sepsis

    July 1, 2025

    The annual sepsis update, delivered by Meshell Johnson, MD, ATSF, professor of medicine at the University of California in San Francisco, distilled a year’s worth of high-impact evidence into...

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    Illicit Medetomidine Use with Fentanyl

    January 1, 2025

    Medetomidine is a non-opioid veterinary anesthetic drug and a synthetic alpha-2-adrenoceptor agonist that is not approved for human use. Increasingly, it’s being used with illicitly manufactured...

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    Clinical Scenario: Patient Care Through POLST

    October 10, 2024

    Physician orders for life-sustaining treatment (POLST) forms are crucial tools in ensuring that patient treatment preferences are respected and followed, particularly during medical emergencies. As...

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    Hospitalists Use POLST to Initiate Patient Conversations About Care Goals

    October 1, 2024

    Defining life-sustaining preferences Physician orders for life-sustaining treatment (POLST) is a single-page medical order form, typically printed on bright pink paper, and signed by a physician,...

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    Precision Medicine in Sepsis Diagnosis

    September 3, 2024

    Sepsis, a life-threatening syndrome induced by infection, has been a leading cause of hospitalization and death in U.S. healthcare settings and accounts for more hospital admissions and spending than...