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Gun Violence is a Public Health Crisis and as Hospitalists, It’s Time to Step Up
July 12, 2022
I did not think that becoming a pediatric hospitalist would require me to become an expert in firearm injury, but here I am. Every day more than 300 people are shot in the United States.1,2 That fact...
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The Architecture of a Great Morning Report
July 1, 2022
Dr. Mehta Presenter: Joel M. Bradley, MD, White River Junction VAMC, White River Junction, Vt., and Children’s Hospital at Dartmouth Morning reports (MR) were initially developed as...
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Mental Health Boarding on Inpatient Units
July 1, 2022
Dr. Krause Presenter: Heather Kreth, PsyD, Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Monroe Carrel, Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, Nashville, Tenn. Dr. Heather Kreth, a child and...
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Intellectual Disabilities Call for Thorough Care
July 1, 2022
A 45-year-old woman with trisomy 21, hypertension, obesity, and obstructive sleep apnea arrives in the emergency department (ED) with a fever, a fast breathing rate, and a fast heart rate. Staff at...
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Eating Disorders and ARFID Guidelines
July 1, 2022
Dr. Schwenk Presenter(s): Andrea Krause, MD, Norton Children’s Hospital and the University of Louisville, Louisville, Ky.; Kyung Rhee, MD, MSc, MA, Rady Children’s Hospital and University of...
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Improve Ward Teaching with Microlearning and Digital Content
July 1, 2022
Dr. Kim Presenter: Chase J. Webber, DO, FACP, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Ky. Learning is an acquired skill, but the way we are taught throughout most of our education is...
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What Do Hospitalists Need to Know About Monkeypox?
June 24, 2022
What is monkeypox? Monkeypox is a rare infection caused by the monkeypox virus. Monkeypox virus belongs to the Orthopoxvirus genus in the family Poxviridae. The Orthopoxvirus genus also includes...
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LGBTQIA+ Patient Care
June 1, 2022
Where are we and where are we going? The LGBTQIA+ community has doubled since it was first measured in 2012, according to a 2022 Gallup poll—it now includes 7.1% of Americans.1 As the community...
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New HHS Guidance for Increasing Number of Buprenorphine Clinicians Who Can Treat OUD
June 1, 2022
Does your state allow it? The ongoing opioid epidemic The U.S. hit a grim milestone of more than 100,000 drug overdose deaths,1 most opioid-involved, in the 12 months ending April 2021. This...
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Alcohol Withdrawal: Looking Beyond Benzodiazepines
June 1, 2022
Case Mr. Smith is a 48-year-old man with alcohol use disorder (AUD) and compensated cirrhosis who presented to the emergency department with alcohol withdrawal. He had been consuming one pint of...