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American College of Physicians Releases Clinical Practice Guideline for Treating Anemia in Heart Disease Patients
June 1, 2014
ACP recommendations for red blood cell transfusion, use of erythropoiesis-stimulating agents
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Risk Stratification Model Predicts Continued Stability in Patients with Pulmonary Embolism
June 1, 2014
Negative troponin, absence of right ventricular dysfunction associated with clinically stable pulmonary embolism
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Accelerated Diagnostic Protocol for Chest Pain Results in Earlier Discharge of Low-Risk Patients
June 1, 2014
Accelerated diagnostic pathway combining TIMI score, EKG, zero- and two-hour troponin levels resulted in twice the proportion of early discharges compared with conventional pathway
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Restrictive Blood Transfusion Strategy with Trigger Hemoglobin
June 1, 2014
Transfusion strategy decreases risk of rebleeding, cardiac events, total mortality in patients with critical illness, bleeding
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ED Observation Syncope Protocol Reduces Resource Use Without Compromising Safety
June 1, 2014
Protocol decreased admission rates, length of hospital stay, costs for intermediate-risk patients with no impact on safety, patient satisfaction, quality of life
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10 Choosing Wisely Recommendations by Specialists for Hospitalists
June 1, 2014
Medical societies list safe, cost-effective tests physicians should perform—and ones to avoid—when diagnosing patients
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LISTEN NOW! Two Additional Choosing Wisely Recommendations from Specialty Societies
June 1, 2014
Linda Cox, MD, president of American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, and Rahul Shah, MD, FACS, FAAP, co-chair of the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Foundation’s Patient Safety Quality Improvement Committee, offer recommendations for hospitalists
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State of the Art
May 1, 2014
A conversation about team-based, unit-focused care with Emory hospitalist Jason Stein, MD, SFHM
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Hospitalist Reviews on Healthcare-associated Infections, Mortality Benefit with Single Peripheral Pulmonary Emboli, Oral Anticoagulants to Treat Atrial Fibrillation
May 1, 2014
Also reviewed this month: comorbidities and avoidable hospital readmissions, effect of resident handoff bundles on medical errors, pediatric readmission rates, sepsis diagnoses
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Frustrated with Existing Systems, Hospitalists Collaborate to Improve Health Information Technology
May 1, 2014
Physicians at Society of Hospital Medicine's annual meeting focus on end-user issues with electronic health records systems, medical informatics services
