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Intensive BP Control with PO or IV Harmful in Hospitalized Older Adults
October 2, 2023
Clinical question: How do clinical outcomes compare between patients with asymptomatic hypertension treated intensively versus not while hospitalized? Dr. Richardson Background: While the...
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Delayed Antibiotics in Suspected Sepsis Increase Shock Risk and Mortality
October 2, 2023
Clinical question: Does the time to first antibiotics affect the risk of progression to septic shock? Dr. Richardson Background: The Surviving Sepsis Campaign emphasized early infection...
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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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Best Approach to a Cavitary Lung Lesion–Update
October 2, 2023
This is an update of our 2015 article on cavitary lung lesion.1 Case A 60-year-old man with alcohol use disorder presented to the hospital with fatigue, chest pain, and productive cough for two...
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Bedside Rounding—Pros, Cons, and Tips for Success
October 2, 2023
Bedside rounding, a practice dating back more than a century, is not uniformly implemented. Many physicians are unsure of its effectiveness in improving patient care and teaching learners, and it...
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Lessons from a Med-Psych Unit
October 2, 2023
In 2019, I accepted a position at the University of Rochester’s Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester, N.Y. I knew this wouldn’t be bread-and-butter hospital medicine, but rather a unique...
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Coding Corner: HF and Physician Underbilling—Two Common Conditions
October 2, 2023
Coding Corner, a new section that will appear periodically in The Hospitalist, features common coding and/or billing issues hospitalists regularly face. If you have suggestions for upcoming coding...
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Immigrant Hospitalists Share Struggles and Discuss Paths to Progress
October 2, 2023
Harkesh Arora, MD, a hospitalist at Lovelace Medical Group in Albuquerque, N.M., said she has grown sad and frustrated by her long—and, so far, futile—effort to obtain an EB-1A, an...
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The Promotion Application Journey
October 2, 2023
Earlier this year, I was thrilled and honored to learn that my application for promotion to a full professor of medicine was approved. Any promotion in academic medicine is an accomplishment, and the...
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SIG Spotlight: Academic Leaders
October 2, 2023
Every academic hospital medicine leader has two bosses: one on the academic side, through the school of medicine, and one on the hospital side, often reporting to someone in the C-suite, given its...