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Ticagrelor or Prasugrel in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndromes
August 1, 2024
Clinical question: Is the treatment strategy with ticagrelor superior to prasugrel in acute coronary syndrome (ACS) with planned invasive evaluation at one year? Background: Dual antiplatelet...
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IV Sodium Thiosulphate for Calciphylaxis of CKD: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
- Golda Nohay, DNP, FNP-BC, CNN
August 1, 2024
Clinical question: Does IV sodium thiosulphate improve skin lesions and survival in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) experiencing calciphylaxis? Background: Calciphylaxis, also called...
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Maximizing Oral Iron Supplementation Absorption in Women
August 1, 2024
Clinical question: Is oral iron supplementation absorption influenced by the timing and/or nutritional elements concurrently consumed in healthy iron-deficient women? Background: Current guidelines...
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Navigating the Promotion Process
August 1, 2024
When she joined the faculty of the University of Texas Southwestern in Dallas as a junior member in 2011, Christiana Renner, MD received mentorship in areas such as clinical care and...
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Working as a Hospitalist Internationally
August 1, 2024
Hospital medicine is the fastest-growing medical specialty in the U.S., and it’s gaining popularity in other countries throughout the world.1 Although there are many similarities in how hospital...
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Updates in Pediatric Sepsis
- Andrea Hadley, MD, FAAP;
- Eric Kort, MD;
- Kate Wimberly MD
August 1, 2024
An 8-year-old girl presents with five days of worsening cough. She has a temperature of 38.6 °C, a respiratory rate of 38, a blood pressure of 85/45, and a heart rate of 120. Pulse oximetry reveals...
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Managing the Long-term Physical Effects of Being a Hospitalist
August 1, 2024
Mark V. Williams, MD, FACP, MHM, age 64, has been a pioneer of hospital medicine, a physician leader, and a frontline clinician since helping to found the hospitalist program at Grady Hospital in...
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SHM’s Hospital Medicine DEI Scholarship Winner: Ricardo Crespo Regalado
August 1, 2024
L to R: Dr. Kris Rehm, Ricardo Crespo Regalado, Langston Faulk of Vituity, and Dr. Eric Howell In support of its commitment to enhancing diversity in the hospitalist workforce and eliminating...
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CMS Update to the Two-midnight Rule
- Rob Craven, MD, FACP, CHCQM-PHYADV, SFHM
August 1, 2024
Many are familiar with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) two-midnight rule, which was created in 2013 and distinguished between observation-appropriate and inpatient-appropriate...
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Hospitalists, the Catalyst for Voter Engagement in Healthcare
- Alexandra Schoenberger, MD, MSEd;
- Carlos Rubiano, MD
August 1, 2024
Voting is now widely considered to be a social determinant of health, with increased access associated with improved health outcomes.1,2 Nationwide, the healthiest counties have up to 30% greater...