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Daily Low-dose Aspirin Associated With Increased Serious Fall Risk in Healthy Older Adults
June 1, 2023
Dr. Le Clinical question: Does daily low-dose aspirin for primary prevention decrease fractures and fall-related hospital presentations in healthy older adults? Background: Falls and resulting...
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Apixaban Has Lower Risk of Bleeding Than Warfarin in ESKD
June 1, 2023
Dr. Leiner Clinical question: In patients with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) and venous thromboembolism (VTE), does apixaban have a lower bleeding risk and VTE recurrence than...
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2023 Masters in Hospital Medicine
June 1, 2023
SHM’s outgoing president Rachel Thompson, MD, MPH, SFHM, kicked off SHM Converge 2023 in Austin, Texas in March by honoring the newest members to become Masters in Hospital Medicine. “They join...
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LGBTQIA+ Hospitalists Find Their Comfort Zones
June 1, 2023
Hospitalists who are part of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, asexual, and other (LGBTQIA+) community have had an array of experiences, both in medical school and...
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SHM 2023 Awards of Excellence and Junior Investigator Award
June 1, 2023
The HOMERuN COVID-19 Collaborative Group, winner of the Excellence in Teamwork award, included more than 150 members across 80 institutions. SHM’s Awards of Excellence Program honors members...
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LGBTQIA+ Allyship
June 1, 2023
Dr. O’Toole Hospitalists are in a unique position to be allies for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, asexual, and other (LGBTQIA+) community because they’re on the...
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Lidocaine May Be More Beneficial Than Amiodarone for Management of In-hospital Cardiac Arrest
June 1, 2023
Clinical question: Are amiodarone and lidocaine associated with different outcomes for the treatment of in-hospital cardiac arrests? Background: Both amiodarone and lidocaine are recommended in the...
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Our SHM Village
June 1, 2023
I’ve wanted to be a doctor for as long as I can remember. I wasn’t sure how to get there, and as an inquisitive child, I had a lot of questions. “Is it hard to be a doctor?” “How much is...
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SIG Spotlight: Family Medicine
June 1, 2023
Hospital medicine is often synonymous with internal medicine, but as Bob Dylan famously said, the times they are a-changin’. Family-medicine-trained hospital medicine practitioners may only...
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Chapter Spotlight: St. Louis
June 1, 2023
St. Louis downtown city skyline at twilight. To many, engagement is a buzzword used to make employees feel as if they have a say. Dr. Hoque To Farzana Hoque, MD, MRCP (UK), FACP, FRCP,...