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To Tube or Not to Tube
August 2, 2006
The implications of PEG tube use in the hospitalized older adult
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Team Rapid
August 2, 2006
An up-close view of how one L.A. hospital set up its rapid response team
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Doctors of the American Frontier
- Recently Oasis Are Promising. John Bois, BA;
- Vac-Therapy
August 2, 2006
Surgeon George Miller Sternberg
Discussions of the mid-19th century American physician often conjure up images of the surgeons of the Civil War who tirelessly plied their trade during battle: “During the rest of the night and early morning, he [amputated] arms below the elbow and legs below t
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The Yuk Factor
- Cathrien E. Jacobi, PhD;
- Jacques Oskam, MD, PhD;
- Louk Van Doorn, MSc;
- Pascal Steenvoorde, MD, MSc
August 2, 2006
Maggot debridement therapy: the ancient treatment for chronic wounds makes a comeback
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Pantilat Receives Endowed Chair
August 2, 2006
A first for hospital medicine, the chair moves palliative care forward at UCSF
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Rash Judgement
- Allison Readinger, MD;
- Maria Colome-Grimmer, MD;
- Sharon S. Raimer Md;
- Tasneem Poonawalla, MD
August 2, 2006
A 38-year-old, healthy, incarcerated, African-American man presented with a one-and-a-half year history of an eruption in his axillae
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Shift Perspectives
August 2, 2006
Consider a more healthful schedule for your group
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SHM Surveys Revisited
August 2, 2006
The Benchmarks Committee has had a busy 2006 so far.
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Virus Alerts
August 2, 2006
CDC issues warnings about two viruses with serious potential complications
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The Reality of Today
- Larry Wellikson, MD, FACP, FHM
August 2, 2006
External realities will shape the hospital of the future