Article
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...
Article
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...
Article
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...
Article
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...
Article
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...
Article
Hospitalists Can Reliably Diagnose DVT with POCUS
December 1, 2022
Dr. Peterson Clinical question: Can hospitalists safely and accurately perform bedside deep vein thrombosis (DVT) ultrasounds to promptly diagnose DVT? Background: DVTs are a common source of...
Article
Cephalosporins: How Vital Are They in a Hospitalist’s Toolkit?
December 1, 2022
Case A 57-year-old female with a history of hypertension and diabetes mellitus presented to the emergency department with complaints of chills, fever, and productive cough progressively worsening...
Article
Beyond the Basics: How Should We Manage Acute Pain in Hospitalized Patients with OUD?
November 1, 2022
Case A 23-year-old male with opioid use disorder (OUD) with intravenous use is hospitalized with a fever and several weeks of back pain. He is diagnosed with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus...
Article
Is VBG an Alternative to the Troublesome ABG?
November 1, 2022
Case A 70-year-old man with hypertension and insulin-dependent type 2 diabetes mellitus initially presented for evaluation of left hip pain after sustaining a mechanical fall and was found to have a...
Article
Underrepresentation of Dermatologic Conditions in POC
September 23, 2022
PHM Session: Dermatologic Disease Presentations, Skin Color, and Disparities in Medical Care Presenters: Deawodi Ladzekpo, MD, and Sonya Tang Girdwood, MD, PhD, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital,...