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Elevated fibrinogen and D-dimer relative to C-reactive protein linked to cognitive deficits post-COVID-19 hospitalization
June 3, 2024
Clinical question: Are acute blood biomarker profiles predictive of cognitive deficits following COVID-19 hospitalizations? Background: Cognitive deficits have been observed in many patients after...
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Liberal transfusion strategy in acute myocardial infarction patients with anemia not shown to significantly reduce recurrent MI or death
June 3, 2024
Clinical question: What should be the transfusion target for patients hospitalized for myocardial infarction (MI) with anemia? Background: Data on the optimal transfusion target for patients with MI...
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High-sensitivity versus conventional troponin in assessing PE risk
June 3, 2024
Clinical question: Is high-sensitivity cardiac troponin I (hs-cTnI) better at predicting outcomes for hemodynamically stable pulmonary embolism (PE) than conventional cardiac troponin I...
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Limited utility in using NT-proBNP rather than functional capacity to estimate risk of perioperative MACE
June 3, 2024
Clinical question: Does adding N-terminal pro–B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) to clinical risk scores provide a better estimate of the risk of major adverse cardiac events (MACE) among...
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Semaglutide reduces major adverse cardiovascular events by 20% in patients with cardiovascular disease
June 3, 2024
Clinical question: Does semaglutide reduce cardiovascular events in non-diabetics with cardiovascular disease? Background: While glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) agonists reduce cardiovascular events...
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Comparing in-hospital adverse events in elderly postoperative delirium patients: haloperidol versus atypical antipsychotics
June 3, 2024
Clinical question: Are in-hospital adverse events worse in post-operative delirium patients treated with haloperidol compared to atypical antipsychotics? Background: Post-operative delirium is...
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Hydrocortisone reduces mortality in severe CAP
June 3, 2024
Clinical question: Does early hydrocortisone therapy reduce mortality among patients with severe community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) requiring admission to an intensive care unit (ICU) or intermediate...
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Celebrating the 2023 Chapter Excellence Status Awards Recipients
June 3, 2024
Celebrating the 2023 Chapter Excellence Status Awards Recipients SHM has five international and 65 U.S. chapters, extending SHM’s reach and providing networking and information at the local level....
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Aiming for Equitable Care for Transgender Patients
June 3, 2024
With transgender care under debate among politicians and state laws around the U.S., hospitalists find they must take a leading role in making transgender patients feel welcome and helping them...
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Facing the Inevitable: Cyberattacks in Healthcare
June 3, 2024
Kristian Feterik, MD, MBA, FAMIA, SFHM has been a hospitalist for 20 years, and a board-certified clinical informatician for the last eight years. But the cyberattack on UnitedHealthcare unit...