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Yogurt May Reduce Clostridium Difficile Infection Rate
July 1, 2014
Incidence of C.diff cut by two-thirds among inpatients on antibiotics who ate yogurt at Pennsylvania-based hospital
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Home Hospice Providers Offer Best Practices for End-of-Life Care
July 1, 2014
Hospice care techniques improved outcomes, comfort for dying patients
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When Should You Suspect Kawasaki Disease as the Cause of Fever in an Infant?
July 1, 2014
Clinicians should be suspicious of KD in young infants with unexplained fevers lasting more than seven days
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Three Ways to Improve Quality of Patient Care in Your Hospital
July 1, 2014
Society of Hospital Medicine's glycemic control mentored implementation program, Project BOOST, Choosing Wisely competition can help
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American Board of Internal Medicine Foundation’s Choosing Wisely Campaign Promotes Evidence-Based Patient Care
June 1, 2014
Specialty societies, consumer groups have identified more than 300 potentially harmful tests, procedures physicians should discuss with patients; more to come throughout 2014
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When to Order Red Blood Cell Transfusion for Patients with Anemia
June 1, 2014
American Association of Blood Banks’ 2012 clinical guidelines update criteria for RBC transfusion therapy
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Which Patients Should be Screened for Hepatitis C Virus Infection?
June 1, 2014
Insufficient current screening strategies for people with high prevalence of chronic HCV infection should prompt hospitalists to improve screening rates in this population
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Inhaled Corticosteroids Increase Risk of Serious Pneumonia in Patients with COPD
June 1, 2014
Risk is higher with fluticasone, lower with budesonide
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Ambulatory Patients with COPD Exacerbations Can Be Managed Without Antibiotics in the Absence of Increased Sputum Purulence, Elevated C-Reactive Protein
June 1, 2014
Increased sputum purulence and CRP >40 mg/L identified COPD patients likely to have a clinical failure without antibiotics
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Pre-Operative Angiotensin Axis Blockade Increases Risk of Hypotension, Acute Kidney Injury with Major Orthopedic Surgery
June 1, 2014
Increased risks from AAB therapy resulted in longer lengths of hospital stay