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How Should a Hospitalized Patient with Newly Diagnosed Cirrhosis Be Evaluated and Managed?
August 8, 2016
The Case A 50-year-old man with no known medical history presents with two months of increasing abdominal distension. Exam is notable for scleral icterus, telangiectasias on the upper chest, abdominal distention with a positive fluid wave, and bilateral pitting lower-extremity edema.
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AAP Proposes Update to Evaluating, Managing Febrile Infants Guideline
August 3, 2016
The proposed update from AAP stresses the need to separate individual components of serious bacterial infections as the incidence and clinical course can vary
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PHM16: Tips on Meeting Needs of Children with a Medical Complexity
August 2, 2016
Presenters: Mary L Ehlenbach, MD, FAAP; Megan Z Cardoso, MD, FAAP; and Christina Kleier, ARNP, PNP This session at PHM16 was focused on logistical tips on how to build a pediatric complex care program. Presenters opened with a discussion of how to define children with medical complexity going th
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PHM16: Visual Clues Can Help Establish a Diagnosis
August 1, 2016
PHM16’s Visual Diagnosis: Signs and Why They Matter session led by Dr. Kenneth Roberts and guest presenters was a review of case presentations in which visual clues were vital to establishing a diagnosis.
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PHM16: The New AAP Clinical Practice Guideline on Evaluating, Managing Febrile Infants
August 1, 2016
One of PHM16’s most highly-attended sessions was an update on the anticipated AAP guidelines for febrile infants between ages 7-90 days given by Dr. Kenneth Roberts. The goal is to give evidence-based guidelines, not rules, from the most recent literature available.
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Simple Strategy for Addressing Problematic Patient Behavior
August 1, 2016
Linden Spital, NP, a psychiatric mental-health nurse practitioner, staffs the Psychiatric Consultation Liaison Service at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.
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Genetic Makeup Influences Risk of Diabetes: Study
July 22, 2016
CHICAGO - A study examining the genes of more than 120,000 people from Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas has offered the clearest picture yet of the genes that drive type 2 diabetes. The study, published July 11 in the journal Nature, puts to rest a decades-long debate over the genetics that
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Atrial Fibrillation Linked with Greater Alcohol Access
July 20, 2016
NEW YORK - Greater access to alcohol is linked with more atrial fibrillation but less myocardial infarction and congestive heart failure, researchers report. Dr. Gregory M.
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PAs, NPs Seizing Key Leadership Roles in HM Groups, Health Systems
July 8, 2016
Since hospital medicine’s early days, hospitalist physicians have worked alongside physician assistants (PAs) and nurse practitioners (NPs).
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CT Scans Reliable Determinants of Blunt Trauma
July 5, 2016
NEW YORK - CT scans identify all clinically significant cervical spine injuries in intoxicated patients with blunt trauma, according to a new study. "I don't think any of the results were particularly surprising to any of us who regularly do trauma care, but what I do think is remarkable about th
