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Educational Strategies for Clinical Supervision of AI Use
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CLINICAL QUESTION: What are strategies that can equip medical educators and learners to engage critically with artificial intelligence (AI)? BACKGROUND: AI has the capacity to fundamentally alter...
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Influenza Vaccination Improves All-Cause Mortality and Rates of Readmission for Patients Admitted with Acute HF
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CLINICAL QUESTION: Does influenza vaccination prior to hospital discharge improve a cause mortality and rates of readmission for patients admitted with acute heart failure (HF)? BACKGROUND:...
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Virtual Hybrid H@H Model Offers Comparable Safety, More Comfort
March 2, 2026
CLINICAL QUESTION: Is a hybrid hospital at home program as safe as traditional inpatient care? BACKGROUND: Hospital at home (H@H) programs are expanding in the U.S. in an effort to ease hospital...
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Limited Access to Pre-Dialysis Care Associated with Lower Rates of Usable AV Dialysis Access at Dialysis Initiation for Hispanic Patients
March 2, 2026
CLINICAL QUESTION: Is there a relationship between access to pre-dialysis nephrology care and the presence of usable arteriovenous (AV) access at dialysis initiation among Hispanic...
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Early TAVR Improved Outcomes for Elderly Patients with Asymptomatic Severe AS
March 2, 2026
CLINICAL QUESTION: In patients with asymptomatic severe aortic stenosis (AS) and preserved ejection fraction (EF), will early-intervention transcatheter aortic-valve replacement (TAVR), compared to...
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Impact of Cardiopulmonary POCUS on Hospital LOS in Patients with Undifferentiated Dyspnea
March 2, 2026
CLINICAL QUESTION: Is cardiopulmonary point-of-care ultrasonography (POCUS) associated with reduced hospital lengths of stay (LOS) in patients with undifferentiated dyspnea? BACKGROUND: POCUS has...
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Racial and Ethnic Disparities Limit Access to PCI for STEMI Patients
March 2, 2026
CLINICAL QUESTION: At which point(s) of the hospital care process are racial and ethnic disparities most pronounced for patients presenting with ST-segment myocardial infarction (STEMI), where...
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Dalbavancin Non-Inferior, But Not Superior, to Standard Therapy for Treatment of Complicated Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia
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CLINICAL QUESTION: Among patients with complicated Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia who achieve blood culture clearance with initial therapy, is completion of treatment with dalbavancin superior to...
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Lactated Ringer’s No Different Than Normal Saline for Routine Inpatient IV Fluid Administration
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CLINICAL QUESTION: In hospitalized patients, does IV administration of lactated Ringer’s solution (LR) reduce mortality or readmission compared to normal saline (NS)? BACKGROUND: Crystalloid fluid...
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FMT is a Noninferior Treatment Option for Primary CDI
February 2, 2026
CLINICAL QUESTION: Is fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) safe and efficacious in the treatment of primary Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI)? BACKGROUND: FMT is currently recommended for...