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What’s on Tap: A Review of Best Practices and Novel Treatment Regimens for Inpatient Management of Acute Alcohol Withdrawal
July 1, 2025
The 2023 National Survey on Drug Use and Health demonstrated that approximately 10% of the U.S. population meets the diagnostic criteria for alcohol use disorder (AUD). Additionally, one in eight...
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“Ace in the Hole”: How to Better Diuresis Your Acute Heart Failure Patients
July 1, 2025
Heart failure (HF) is one of the most common reasons for admission in patients aged 65 years and older, with more than one million hospitalizations per year costing billions in healthcare...
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Mastering Heart Failure Management: A Practical Guide for Hospitalists
July 1, 2025
This SHM Converge 2025 session focused on the adult inpatient management of heart failure (HF), with an emphasis on diuretic strategies and guideline-directed medical therapy (GDMT) for both HF with...
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The Pneumonia Playbook: Updates for Hospitalists
July 1, 2025
Several clinical scenarios were reviewed by Maria E. Theodorou, MD, FACP, FHM, an associate professor at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, highlighting the clinical...
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Updates in Pulmonary Hypertension
July 1, 2025
Rajany V. Dy, MD, FCCP, the director of pulmonary vascular diseases at Los Angeles General Medical Center in Los Angeles, delivered a practical and informative session on pulmonary hypertension,...
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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...