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Pediatric Readmissions Differ from Adult Readmissions
What is the epidemiology of 15-day readmissions to a children’s hospital?
Quality
Proactive Approaches Can Mitigate Dangerous Transitions into Hospitals
Help stave off repeat hospital visits by engaging in frank discussions with the patient or nursing-home facility staff about the goals of care
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Palliative Care ‘Report Card’ Released
Report counts proportion of each state’s hospitals with access to organized palliative-care programs
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Annals Study Might Not Cover All Situations
Just a quick comment regarding your editorial “Fiddling as HM Burns” (The Hospitalist, August 2011, p. 62) with regard to our hospital in the...
Quality
Six Ways You Can Help Reduce HAIs in Your Hospital
Hospitalists can help prevent hospital-acquired infections
Quality
Gut Reaction
Clostridium difficile puts hospitalists to the test.
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What Are the Clinical Indications for Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation?
NPPV is an effective method to decrease mortality, intubation rates, and duration of ICU stay in severe exacerbations of COPD, cardiogenic...
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Medical Profession “Terrified” to Address Kernicterus Concerns
My son was born in 2001 with a bilirubin of 51, but receiving a diagnosis of kernicterus was difficult in coming because the medical profession is...
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Dr. Shen Responds to Kernicterus Letters
True rates of kernicterus have been difficult to calculate for a variety of reasons, yet we must get a handle on “who” gets kernicterus if we are...
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Kernicterus Is Observable, Predictable, Curable
Doctors seem to take on a lackadaisical, roll-of-the-dice type of approach to the prevention of kernicterus. Since the numbers are so low, they...