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How We Improved MOLST Documentation
September 1, 2022
What: Increasing the documentation of end-of-life care preferences (advance directives) during hospital admission for patients with advanced comorbidities admitted to the telemetry/stroke...
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The Power of Pictures at the Bedside
September 1, 2022
Shutterstock.com The COVID-19 epidemic provided a stark opportunity to learn what the hospital experience was like with no visitors. Disconnection and loneliness in the hospital, however, long...
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Pediatric Update: Top 10 Articles of 2021
July 1, 2022
Presenters and Summary authors: Matthew Shapiro, MD, MS, FAAP, Shuvani Sanyal, MD Dr. Sanyal Dr. Shapiro As pediatric hospitalists, our organ is the hospital. We care for a wide variety of...
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A structured end-of-life communication strategy reduces prolonged grief in families of dying ICU patients
May 2, 2022
Clinical question: Does a proactive, three-step, support strategy decrease prolonged grief in relatives of patients who die in the intensive care unit (ICU)? Dr. Wood Background: Prolonged...
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Effectiveness of an analytics-based intervention for reducing sleep interruption in hospitalized patients
April 1, 2022
Dr. Scaletta Clinical question: Can a clinical-decision-support tool enable physicians to identify hospitalized patients who are stable enough to have their nighttime vital-sign checks...
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The evolution of the hospitalist
March 30, 2022
Dr. Ramanathan Dr. Chmelik The term hospitalist was coined in 1996 in a New England Journal of Medicine article written by Dr. Robert Wachter—often considered the father of the field. The need...
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Advocating for a patient-based approach to decisions of gastrostomy-tube placement in patients with dementia
February 3, 2022
Clinical question: Should providers universally not recommend feeding tubes in patients with dementia and poor oral intake? Dr. Day Background: The natural progression of advancing dementia...
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Hypertonic saline solution with furosemide infusion may be beneficial in fluid overload in patients with reduced ejection fraction
February 3, 2022
Clinical question: Is simultaneous infusion of hypertonic saline and IV furosemide more efficacious than IV furosemide alone in patients with fluid overload? Dr. Obisesan Background:...
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Rituximab likely raises risk of hospital death in COVID-19 patients
December 2, 2021
In a retrospective study of hospitalized COVID-19 patients, “only 1 of 303 drugs examined, rituximab, was associated with an increased risk of in-hospital death ... both when used for rheumatologic as well as for cancer therapy.”
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FDA approves combo pill for severe, acute pain
October 19, 2021
Seglentis contains 56 mg of celecoxib and 44 mg of tramadol.
