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Sneak Peek: Journal of Hospital Medicine
January 20, 2017
Background: Frailty, history of dementia (HoD), and acute confusional states (ACS) are common in older patients admitted to hospital. Objective: To study the association of frailty (≥six points in the Clinical Frailty Scale [CFS]), HoD, and ACS with hospital outcomes, controlling for age, gen...
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Do not overtreat febrile neutropenia
January 18, 2017
Clinical question: Does emergency department management of patients with febrile neutropenia (FN) follow current guidelines?
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What to do with isolated calf DVT
January 18, 2017
Clinical question: Does therapeutic anticoagulation of isolated calf deep vein thrombosis (DVT) decrease risk for proximal DVT or PE?
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Vent bundles and ventilator-associated pneumonia outcomes
January 13, 2017
Clinical question: Are the components of the ventilator bundles (VBs) associated with better outcomes for patients?
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Overnight extubations associated with worse outcomes
January 13, 2017
Clinical question: Are overnight extubations in intensive care units associated with higher mortality rate?
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Fecal transplant efficacy for Clostridium difficile infections
January 12, 2017
Clinical question: Is fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) an efficacious and safe treatment approach for patients with recurrent Clostridium difficile infection (CDI)?
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Non–vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants for planned atrial fibrillation cardioversions
January 12, 2017
Clinical question: How does edoxaban compare with enoxaparin-warfarin in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation undergoing cardioversion?
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Home treatment of PE remains rare
January 11, 2017
Clinical question: What is the prevalence of outpatient treatment of acute pulmonary embolism (PE)
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Updated recommendations for managing gout
January 11, 2017
Clinical question: What are the new treatment options for gout? Background: The 2006 European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) guidelines recommend that acute flares of gout be treated as early as possible with either oral colchicine, oral corticosteroids...
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Instability of INRs
January 9, 2017
Clinical question: Does an initial stable international normalized ratio (INR) predict long-term stability?
