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Outpatient COVID-19 therapeutics reduce hospitalization and mortality
February 10, 2022
Matching the right patient to the right therapeutic at the right time In late 2021 and early 2022, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted emergency use authorizations (EUAs) for the...
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Chapter Spotlight: Atlanta
February 3, 2022
Hospitalist John Vazquez, MD, calls it cross-pollination. Dr. Vazquez As the immediate past president of the SHM chapter in Atlanta, he’s referring to the value of networking and the role...
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SIG Spotlight: Perioperative/Co-management
February 3, 2022
Hospitalists don’t focus much on the ins and outs of perioperative care in medical school and residency, but rising surgical volumes in recent years, combined with the ever-growing recognition that...
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Insights into HM and PHM fellowship programs
February 3, 2022
A hospital medicine fellowship combines the best of hospital medicine with the opportunity for physicians to specialize early in their careers. According to directors of successful programs at the...
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To treat or not to treat: interpreting syphilis serologies
February 3, 2022
Case A 32-year-old man with history of intravenous heroin use presents to the emergency department (ED) for fevers and redness with purulence over the left forearm. He is started on IV vancomycin...
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SHM Converge promises a lively return to live
February 3, 2022
In 1998, about 200 hospitalists and hospital medicine-related professionals came together in San Diego at the first annual conference of the National Association of Inpatient Physicians (NAIP). The...
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Can I use DOAC in a patient with renal disease?
February 3, 2022
Case A 76-year-old man is diagnosed with non-valvular atrial fibrillation. His comorbid conditions are hypertension, diabetes complicated by neuropathy, and chronic kidney disease stage 3. His...
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A proposed scoring system to assess COVID-19-induced coagulopathy and stratification of patients for anticoagulation therapy based on risk categories
February 3, 2022
Clinical question: Can a proposed new scoring system triage and assess risk in COVID-19 patients with coagulopathy? Dr. Ajala Background: COVID-19-induced coagulopathy (CIC), marked...
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Direct oral anticoagulants may be safe in cancer-related venous thromboembolisms, but use caution with gastrointestinal malignancies
February 3, 2022
Clinical question: Are direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) a suitable alternative to low molecular weight heparin (LMWH) for treatment of venous thromboembolism (VTE) in patients with underlying...
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Breakthrough infection in COVID-19-vaccinated health care workers is associated with lower levels of neutralizing antibodies but less severe disease
February 3, 2022
Clinical question: How frequent are breakthrough infections in health care workers fully vaccinated against COVID-19, and how does vaccination correlate with immune response and infectivity? ...