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PHM17 session summary: Tools for engaging learners of all levels
August 3, 2017
NASHVILLE, TENN. – Various instructional tools and techniques, such as multilevel teaching and cognitive apprenticeship, can help hospitalists teach medical learners at a variety of levels.
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Syncope Guidelines
August 3, 2017
What are the key points from the 2017 ACC/AHA/HRS guidelines for the evaluation and management of adult patients with syncope?
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PHM17 session summary: Kawasaki Disease updates
August 2, 2017
Hospitalists agree that Kawasaki Disease, both classic and incomplete, is being diagnosed more frequently than even a few years ago.
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Effect Of Inpatient Rehab Vs. Home-Based Program For TKA
August 2, 2017
Does initial treatment in an inpatient rehabilitation facility offer greater improvements in mobility when added to a monitored home-based program after undergoing total knee arthroplasty?
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Effect of frailty on HF readmissions
August 1, 2017
Clinical Question: What is the effect of frailty on 30-day mortality in non-severely disabled older patients with acute decompensated heart failure?
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HM17 session summary: Updates in Antibiotics – Determining duration and when to switch to PO
August 1, 2017
Antibiotic stewardship is more than narrowing coverage once susceptibilities are available. It also means conversion of antibiotics to oral therapy when clinically appropriate.
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Association between concurrent use of prescription opiates and benzos
July 31, 2017
Clinical Question: What is the impact of concurrent benzodiazepine use in chronic versus intermittent opioid use on risk for opioid overdose?
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C diff infection among U.S. ED patients
July 27, 2017
Clinical Question: Should all emergency department (ED) patients with diarrhea, without vomiting, get tested for Clostridium difficile?
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PEARL score for COPD exacerbations
July 26, 2017
Which prognostic score is best at predicting 90-day readmission and mortality for patients admitted with an acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AECOPD)?
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Large-scale implementation of the I-PASS handover system
July 25, 2017
Clinical Question: Is a system-wide I-PASS handover system able to be effectively implemented?
