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Hospitalists Driving LOS Optimization
July 5, 2023
In our current post-COVID-19 world, few topics come up more frequently in hospitalist meetings than length of stay (LOS). The COVID-19 pandemic has negatively impacted profit margins across the...
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Use of Ketamine in Hospitalized Patients
July 5, 2023
Ketamine, a dissociative agent, is listed on the 21st WHO Model List of Essential Medicines for basic health care systems. It first gained U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval as an anesthetic...
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Buprenorphine 101: A Quick Start Guide for Every Hospitalist
July 5, 2023
In this workshop, the presenters provided an overview of the diagnosis and management of opioid use disorder (OUD) and an introduction to medication for opioid use disorders (MOUD). The presenters...
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Experts Say Racism a Too-common Factor in Care, and Offer Fixes
July 5, 2023
Saying that structural racism permeates more clinical situations than hospitalists are typically aware of, a panel of speakers at SHM Converge in March offered a framework that physicians can use to...
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Daily Low-dose Aspirin Associated With Increased Serious Fall Risk in Healthy Older Adults
June 1, 2023
Dr. Le Clinical question: Does daily low-dose aspirin for primary prevention decrease fractures and fall-related hospital presentations in healthy older adults? Background: Falls and resulting...
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Nutritional Support Improves Mortality in Frail, Elderly Patients
March 1, 2023
Clinical question: Is there a mortality benefit to optimizing nutritional status for malnourished patients with age-related frailty? Background: Age-related frailty syndrome has been associated with...
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Breaking News: X-waiver Eliminated
January 25, 2023
On January 12, 2023, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) announced the immediate elimination of the X-waiver for...
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Legionella Risk Model Guides Appropriate Testing
January 3, 2023
Dr. Crane Clinical question: Can select patient demographic data and risk factors help predict Legionella infection better than clinical gestalt or current Infectious Diseases Society of America...
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Issues Related to Testing are the Most Common Source of Diagnostic Errors in Primary Care
January 3, 2023
Dr. Dreicer Clinical question: How can we categorize diagnostic pitfalls leading to diagnostic errors in primary care? Background: Diagnostic errors are a leading cause of malpractice claims and...
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Update: Caring for COVID-19 Patients in the Hospital
January 3, 2023
Severe cases of COVID-19 infections continue to necessitate hospitalization more than two and a half years after the pandemic first hit. A total of 26,996 patients were hospitalized with COVID-19 in...