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Hospitalist meta-leader: Your new mission has arrived
June 22, 2017
Hospitalist leaders must keep both eyes focused on the horizon, to ensure that when conditions change, their organizations are ready to adaptively innovate and transform.
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Hospitalist movers and shakers – June/July 2017
June 21, 2017
Take note of some recent career transitions in the hospital medicine community.
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Tipoffs that an infant hospitalized with pertussis may require ICU
June 21, 2017
MADRID – Apnea is a strong predictor.
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Rest dyspnea dims as acute heart failure treatment target
June 19, 2017
PARIS – Results from two new acute heart failure trials “mark the start of a new era.”
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HM17 session summary: Rheumatology pearls for the inpatient provider
June 16, 2017
A rapid fire session at HM17 focused on rheumatology issues that are of particular interest to hospitalist physicians.
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HFrEF mortality halved when treatment matches guidelines
June 14, 2017
PARIS – Full adherence to heart failure guidelines works.
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Use of probiotics in hospitalized adults to prevent Clostridium difficile infection
June 14, 2017
Clinical Question: Does the use and timing of probiotics in hospitalized adult patients with Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) improve clinical outcomes?
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Sooner may not be better: Study shows no benefit of urgent colonoscopy for lower GI bleeding
June 14, 2017
Clinical Question: Does the use and timing of probiotics in hospitalized adult patients with Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) improve clinical outcomes?
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Angiotensin II may improve vasopressors’ efficacy
June 14, 2017
Adding a certain hormone could strengthen treatment options for vasodilatory shock patients.
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Assessing the risks associated with MRI patients with a pacemaker or defibrillator
June 13, 2017
What are the risks of nonthoracic MRI in patients with pacemakers or implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICD) who are not preapproved by the Food and Drug Administration for MRI scanning?