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Going Home
July 31, 2025
She promised herself that this would be the last time, no matter what. She is tired and wants to go home. This is the visit that tipped the scale. Literally. That damn scale was the source of this...
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Oshibana
July 31, 2025
Your arms, crooked in the crevices of stark hospital white the bloom of tulips on fleece blanketing like knobby, gnarly trunks of aged birch trees that have learned to grow parallel with each...
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The Quarterback of Your Care Team
July 31, 2025
“He’s way too smart—he should’ve gone into fellowship.” That’s what an internal medicine resident said to me one weekend, referring to a colleague who had just signed on to join our...
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New Horizon
July 31, 2025
I painted this in response to the pandemic/at the height of the pandemic—when the death rate was high, and it looked like the whole world that we knew prior was shrinking away and may be...
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Resilience
July 31, 2025
The COVID-19 pandemic was very stressful on hospitalists; however, through our tenacity and resilience, we continue to shine through. Watercolor 2025 National Hospitalist Day HM Voices Contest...
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Operative Versus Non-Operative Treatment of Acute Cholecystitis in Older Adults with Multiple Comorbidities–Advocating for Definitive Care
July 31, 2025
Clinical question: In patients 65 years and older, with multimorbidity, and presenting with acute cholecystitis, is operative treatment more efficacious than non-operative treatment? Background:...
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Prescribed In-Hospital Sodium Intake for ADHF: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
July 31, 2025
Clinical question: Does prescribed oral and/or IV sodium supplementation plus loop diuretic administration improve outcomes for patients hospitalized with acute decompensated heart failure...
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Carvedilol Versus Propranolol for the Prevention of Decompensation and Mortality in Patients with Compensated and Decompensated Cirrhosis
July 31, 2025
Clinical question: Is carvedilol more effective than the classical non-selective beta-blockers (cNSBBs) propranolol or nadolol in preventing first decompensation and in reducing mortality in patients...
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Hospital Addiction Consultative Service Increases MOUD Initiation and Linkage to Follow-up After Discharge
July 31, 2025
Clinical question: Does an addiction-focused consult service increase medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) initiation during inpatient hospitalization and connect patients to follow-up care...
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Oral Versus Extended-Release Injectable Naltrexone for Hospitalized Patients With AUD
July 31, 2025
Clinical question: Is there a difference in effectiveness between oral and injectable naltrexone at discharge for alcohol use disorder (AUD)? Background: AUD is common among inpatients, and most do...