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Close the Loop
November 1, 2007
What the medical community is doing to tackle errors in care
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Diagnose Misdiagnosis
October 1, 2007
Hospitalists’ thought patterns can be a roadblock to making the right calls
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AIDS Treatment Evolves
July 1, 2007
Hospitalists have a host of new strategies for managing HIV infection and its complications
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Dodging Disaster
May 1, 2007
Why hospitalist practices fail
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Bacterial Meningitis, Non-Specific Troponin Elevation, Antibiotics for ECOPD, VTE Update, and More
April 1, 2007
Treatment of Bacterial Meningitis with Vancomycin
Ricard JD, Wolff M, Lacherade JC, et al. Levels of vancomycin in cerebrospinal fluid of adult patients receiving adjunctive corticosteroids to treat pneumococcal meningitis: a prospective multicenter observational study. Clin Infect Dis.
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Protocol Pilot
- Chris Hogness, MD, MPH;
- Dana Nguyen, RN;
- Julie Jones, RN;
- Lonnye Finneman, PharmD;
- Nehemias Gutierez, MPH;
- Patricia Chandler, RPh
December 1, 2006
Effective implementation of a new six-column insulin infusion protocol in the ICU
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“Testing” Your Diagnostic Skills
- John T. Kuhl, MD;
- Michael J. Camilleri, MD
October 1, 2006
A72-year-old male with a history of renal transplantation underwent laparoscopic cholecystectomy for cholelithiasis. On post-operative day one, he developed worsening abdominal pain. An urgent exploratory laparotomy revealed no abnormalities.
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Start Me Up
- Marlene Piturro, PhD, MBA
April 1, 2006
The unique challenges of starting a hospital medicine group
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Twilight of the Sliding Scale
February 2, 2006
Although ordering “sliding scale” insulin may be a routine call in the hospital setting, evidence for its elimination can’t be ignored
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Providing Extraordinary Availability
- Coordinating Writer;
- Phyllis Hanlon;
- Project Leader;
- Shm Benchmarks Committee;
- Stacy Goldsholl, MD
September 1, 2005
In 1994, Jack Rosenbloom was admitted to an Indiana hospital after suffering a serious heart attack. While in the critical care unit (CCU) of the healthcare facility, he experienced a major relapse, prompting a “code blue” situation.