Clinical
Clinical
Experts bring clarity to end of life difficulties
Confusing situations sometimes arise when treating patients near the end of their lives.
News
Gunshot wound victims are at high risk for readmission
CHICAGO – Long-term outcomes of gun violence are still largely unknown.
News
2019-2020 flu season starts off full throttle
Five states and Puerto Rico already are at the highest level of flu activity, the CDC reports.
Clinical
Anticipating the A.I. revolution
Hospitalists should be ready for the arrival of artificial intelligence.
News
DAPA-HF: Dapagliflozin benefits regardless of age, HF severity
PHILADELPHIA – The SGLT2 inhibitor had similar efficacy in the elderly, and across the spectrum of baseline symptom status.
News
Large population-based study underscores link between gout, CVD event risk
ATLANTA – The relationships between gout and fatal and nonfatal CVD events found in a large population-based health data linkage study in New...
News
What’s new in hepatitis C: Four themes that dominated at the Liver Meeting
BOSTON – AASLD highlights included treatment of persons who inject drugs, new directions in pangenotypic therapy,...
Opinion
Guideline: Diagnosis and treatment of adults with community-acquired pneumonia
The practice guideline was jointly written by an ad hoc committee of the American Thoracic Society and Infectious Diseases Society of America.
News
Geriatric IBD hospitalization carries steep inpatient mortality
SAN ANTONIO – A major unmet need exists for better guideline-directed management of geriatric patients hospitalized for IBD.
News
Hyperkalemia-related treatment changes linked to death in acute HF
It’s not the potassium, but the subsequent dosage reduction, that may boost mortality after hospitalization for acute heart failure.