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In Service to Their Patients and Their Country
November 1, 2023
Caring. Effective. Dutiful. Supportive. Serving. Protective. Leading. Responsible. These words easily describe a hospitalist or a soldier—and sometimes both. In honor of Veteran’s Day, we...
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Finding Beauty in Our Patients’ Lives
October 4, 2023
Awe as a path to greater resilience for hospitalists With her grey hair pulled back and wearing her Sunday best, Ms. W. gracefully rose from the chair and approached the hospital bed where her...
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Direct Oral Challenge is Non-inferior to Skin Testing in Low-risk Penicillin Allergy Patients
October 2, 2023
Clinical question: Is there an alternative to penicillin skin testing for low-risk penicillin allergies? Dr. Miller Background: While approximately 10% of the population report...
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Onco-Hospitalists Bring Value to Patient Care
October 2, 2023
Most working hospitalists will see cancer patients regularly on their hospital rounds since it’s the main underlying condition for many hospital admissions—whether for the disease itself, side...
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Street Medicine on the Floors: A Promising Inpatient Model
- Elizabeth Desmarais, DO;
- Jacqueline Fitton, DO;
- James Miller, MD;
- Patrick Perri, MD
August 1, 2023
Persons experiencing homelessness (PEH) can be some of the most complex patients on hospitalists’ services. Chronic conditions such as hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, and diabetes are...
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Inpatient Management of Decompensated Cirrhosis
- Stephanie Burdick, MD, FACP
July 5, 2023
In this clinical-pearl-packed session, Dr. Suchita Shah Sata from Duke University Hospital in Durham, N.C., recaps the breadth of knowledge needed by hospitalists to manage this complex patient...
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Use of Ketamine in Hospitalized Patients
July 5, 2023
Ketamine, a dissociative agent, is listed on the 21st WHO Model List of Essential Medicines for basic health care systems. It first gained U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval as an anesthetic...
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Dr. Craven Finds Purpose in Helping Patients
June 22, 2023
Q & A with Robert A. Craven, MD, FACP, CHCQM-PHYADV, SFHM, vice president of case management, physician advisor, and hospitalist at McLeod Health, Florence, S.C. The hospitalist movement was...
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Dr. Mehta Enjoys Improving Patient Care and Working with Learners
June 1, 2023
Q & A with Arunab Mehta, MD, MEd, hospitalist, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati Dr. Mehta was drawn to hospital medicine to care for acutely ill patients and because of the...
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Low-dose Buprenorphine Initiation is a Safe and Effective Alternative to Standard-dose Buprenorphine in Hospitalized Patients with OUD
May 1, 2023
Dr. Vuong Clinical question: Is low-dose buprenorphine initiation in hospitalized patients safe and effective for the management of opioid use disorder (OUD)? Background: OUD is a chronic...