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Hyponatremia: Watch the water, not the salt
May 12, 2017
LAS VEGAS – Keeping an eye on sodium is key to diagnosing hyponatremia, but don’t forget it’s a problem of too much water, not salt, said an expert at HM17.
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PPIs triple heart failure hospitalization risk in atrial fib patients
May 10, 2017
PARIS – Atrial fib patients taking proton pump inhibitors, largely unnecessarily, have a far greater risk of hospitalization for an acute heart failure episode.
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RIV spotlights HM-focused research in real-time
May 9, 2017
LAS VEGAS – SHM’s annual Research, Innovations, and Clinical Vignettes poster competition has exploded in popularity over the past few years.
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Hospitalists share strategies to secure, excel at jobs
May 9, 2017
LAS VEGAS – Strategies of upward mobility can apply whether hospitalists are chasing their first job or their fifth.
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Hospitalists’ EMR frustrations continue: SHM report
May 9, 2017
LAS VEGAS – Hospitalists say they are stymied and frustrated by continuing issues of interoperability, functionality, and access related to their electronic medical record systems.
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VIDEO: Incoming AATS president outlines goals
May 4, 2017
BOSTON – Duke Cameron, MD, outlines his objectives as the next AATS president.
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Presenters hand out tips for better handoffs
May 4, 2017
LAS VEGAS – I-PASS interventions for handoffs can reduce preventable adverse events by 30%.
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VIDEO: NPs, PAs weigh common issues in hospitalist practice
May 4, 2017
As more NPs, PAs integrate into hospital medicine, policies could be limiting their usefulness.
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Connect: Community hospitalists brainstorm ways to be stronger as a group
May 4, 2017
Strength in numbers: Community hospitalists call for ways to connect and support one another for better outcomes – and to improve morale.
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Keys to de-escalating endocrine emergencies
May 4, 2017
There is a fine line between endocrine system compensation and decompensation, according to an expert who shared tips for treating acute endocrine conditions.
