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High-Normal Potassium Levels Reduce Ventricular Arrhythmias and Related Adverse Outcomes in High-Risk Patients with ICDs
June 18, 2026
Mount Sinai Med-Lit Review Clinical question: Does actively increasing serum potassium to the high-normal range (4.5 to 5.0 mmol/L) reduce malignant ventricular arrhythmias, arrhythmia-related...
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Acetylcholinesterase Inhibitors for Delirium Prevention: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
June 18, 2026
Mount Sinai Med-Lit Review Clinical question: Do acetylcholinesterase inhibitors help reduce the occurrence and severity of delirium in hospitalized patients? Background: Delirium is a frequent...
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Beta-Blockers after Myocardial Infarction without Reduced Ejection Fraction
- Jyothi Kulkarni, MD, MA, MHCDS, FACP, CPE, SFHM
June 18, 2026
Mount Sinai Med-Lit Review Clinical question: Are beta-blockers beneficial in patients discharged after receiving invasive care for a myocardial infarction (MI) and with preserved left ventricular...
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Sodium Bicarbonate for Severe Metabolic Acidemia and Acute Kidney Injury: BICARICU-2
June 18, 2026
Mount Sinai Med-Lit Review Clinical question: Does sodium bicarbonate infusion in patients with moderate to severe acute kidney injury and severe metabolic acidosis reduce 90-day all-cause...
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Peripheral Vasopressors Safe in Early Sepsis Resuscitation
June 18, 2026
Mount Sinai Med-Lit Review Clinical question: Can vasopressors be safely administered through a peripheral line? Background: Traditionally, clinicians have administered vasopressors through central...
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Extended Low-Dose Apixaban After Provoked VTE Reduces Recurrence in Selected Patients
June 18, 2026
Mount Sinai Med-Lit Review Clinical question: Among patients with provoked venous thromboembolism (VTE) and ongoing risk factors, does extending anticoagulation with low-dose apixaban reduce...
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Leveraging Research, Education, and Communication for Better LGBTQIA+ Care
June 1, 2026
Dr. Keaster Andrew Keaster, MD, is a hospitalist with The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center in Columbus, Ohio, who also takes some shifts at the gender-affirming care clinic that he...
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Applying the 2024 ACG Guidelines on Acute Pancreatitis to Hospital Medicine
- Naveed Choudry, MD, FACP, FHM, Jennifer L. Barnett, DMSc, PA-C, DFAAPA, CAQ-HM, CPHQ, SFHM, and Krista A. Suojanen, MD
June 1, 2026
Acute pancreatitis is one of the most common gastrointestinal diseases managed by hospitalists. In the U.S., it accounts for nearly 300,000 admissions each year, more than one million inpatient days,...
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Sir William Osler: Is He the First Hospitalist?
- Mary G. Wardrop, BS, MS3, Laren D. Spaeth, DO, PGY-3, Erin Ramelb, MD, and Richard M. Wardrop III, MD, PhD, MACP, FAAP, SFHM
June 1, 2026
Sir William Osler occupies a revered place in the mythos of the history of medicine, medical education, and medical practice. Because he is celebrated as the “father of internal medicine,” his...
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Bridging the Gap: A Hospitalist-Designed, Nurse-Driven Palliative Care Model in a Community Hospital
- Natasha Rai Morris, MD, MHA, CHCQM, CRCR, CCDS, and Jessica Staton, MSN, MBA, RN, CCM
June 1, 2026
Palliative care is both a medical specialty and an art. However, the number of clinicians trained in palliative care is insufficient to meet the increasing demand for goals-of-care and advance care...