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New Clinical Guides Available on Anemia, Congestive Heart Failure
March 17, 2016
SHM’s implementation tool kits provide hospitalists the information and tools they need to lead quality improvement projects on specific clinical topics, including two recent releases focused on anemia and congestive heart failure. One third of the world’s population suffers from anemia, and SHM’
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Should a Patient Who Requests Alcohol Detoxification Be Admitted or Treated as Outpatient?
March 16, 2016
Case A 42-year-old man with a history of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), hypertension, and alcohol use disorder (AUD) presents to the ED requesting alcohol detoxification. He has had six admissions in the last six months for alcohol detoxification.
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HM16 Session Analysis: Medical, Behavioral Management of Eating Disorders
March 11, 2016
Presenter: Kyung E. Rhee, MD, MSc, MA Summary: Eating disorders (ED) are common and have significant morbidity and mortality. EDs are the third most common psychiatric disorder of adolescents with a prevalence of 0.5-2% for anorexia and 0.9-3% for bulimia; 90% of patients are female.
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HM16 Session Analysis: Stay Calm, Safe During Inpatient Behavioral Emergencies
March 10, 2016
Presenters: David Pressel, MD, PhD, FAAP, FHM, Emily Fingado, MD, FAAP, and Jessica Tomaszewski, MD, FAAP Summary: Patients may engage in violent behaviors that pose a danger to themselves or others.
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HM16 Session Analysis: Update in Pulmonary Medicine
March 9, 2016
Presenter: Daniel D. Dressler, MD, MSc, SFHM Summary: This presentation focused on pulmonary updates specific to hospitalist practice, from end of 2014 to early 2016. New research on community-acquired pneumonia suggest that only 38% of cases a presumptive pathogen will be isolated.
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HM16 Session Analysis: Infectious Disease Emergencies: Three Diagnoses You Can’t Afford to Miss
March 8, 2016
Presenter: Jim Pile, MD, Cleveland Clinic Summary: The following three infectious diagnoses are relatively uncommon but important not to miss as they are associated with high mortality, especially when diagnosis and treatment are delayed.
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QUIZ: Will My COPD Patient Benefit from Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation (NIPPV)?
March 7, 2016
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Not Sleeping Enough Can Cause Serious Health Issues
March 7, 2016
ATLANTA (Reuters) - Did you get enough sleep last night? If not, you are not alone. More than one out of three American adults do not get enough sleep, according to a study released Thursday from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "That's a big problem," says Dr.
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Key Elements of Critical Care
February 29, 2016
Code 99291 is used for critical care, evaluation, and management of the critically ill or critically injured patient, first 30–74 minutes.1 It is to be reported only once per day per physician or group member of the same specialty. [caption id="attachment_13454" align="alignright" width="300"] Im
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Sharing Notes for Better Doctor-Patient Communication
February 26, 2016
Excellent communication between physicians and patients is a crucial element of hospital quality, but it’s also an ongoing challenge for many institutions.
