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Clinical Scenario: Patient Care Through POLST
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Physician orders for life-sustaining treatment (POLST) forms are crucial tools in ensuring that patient treatment preferences are respected and followed, particularly during medical emergencies. As...
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Coding Corner: Spoonful of Sugar
October 1, 2024
A 46-year-old woman is admitted to the hospital with an exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) requiring intensification of her inhaler regimen, initiation of corticosteroids,...
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Hospitalists Use POLST to Initiate Patient Conversations About Care Goals
October 1, 2024
Defining life-sustaining preferences Physician orders for life-sustaining treatment (POLST) is a single-page medical order form, typically printed on bright pink paper, and signed by a physician,...
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Precision Medicine in Sepsis Diagnosis
September 3, 2024
Sepsis, a life-threatening syndrome induced by infection, has been a leading cause of hospitalization and death in U.S. healthcare settings and accounts for more hospital admissions and spending than...
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Coding Corner: Breathless and Bleeding
August 1, 2024
A 62-year-old man is admitted to the hospital with an exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) requiring intensification of his inhaler regimen, initiation of IV corticosteroids,...
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Semaglutide for the Hospitalist
August 1, 2024
Obesity is a chronic disease and a global health challenge across all ages and socioeconomic backgrounds. Semaglutide, a glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist (GLP-1 RA), has shown promising...
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Billing for a Critically Ill Patient
July 1, 2024
A 64-year-old woman with a history of heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) was admitted to the hospital with pneumonia one day ago and is being started on intravenous (IV)...
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Let’s Get Physical: Exam Maneuvers that Can Improve Your Clinical Judgment
July 1, 2024
In this era where point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) may make the stethoscope obsolete, Dr. Daniel D. Dressler, professor of medicine at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta, started his...
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Kill the Mortality—Building Successful Inpatient Mortality Reduction Programs in Academic and Rural Health Systems
July 1, 2024
The session began with a clear statement of its objectives, focusing on how quality programs view mortality, the methodology behind it, approaches to reducing mortality, and the impact hospitalists...
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Pediatric Update: Top 10 Articles of 2023
July 1, 2024
The year 2023 brought us waves of advances in technology, increasing vaccine hesitancy, an ongoing behavioral health crisis, and civil unrest overseas which continues to echo throughout the...