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Risk of Diabetes in Ex-Smokers Decreases
- (Reuters Health);
- Lisa Rapaport
November 6, 2015
While smoking is linked to an increased risk of developing diabetes, this risk appears to drop over the long term once cigarette use stops, a review of evidence suggests.
Researchers analyzed data on almost 5.9 million people in 88 previous studies examining the connection between smoking, second
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Beta-Blockers Increase Mortality in Hypertensive Patients
- (Reuters Health);
- Will Boggs Md
November 5, 2015
NEW YORK - Perioperative beta-blocker use in patients with hypertension is associated with increased cardiovascular complications and mortality after noncardiac surgery, researchers from Denmark report.
"The consistency of the findings of increased risks associated with beta-blockers across numer
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New Medicare Rule Will Reimburse Physicians for Advance Care Planning
- Nancy K. Zeitoun, MD, FHM
November 5, 2015
Hospitalists care for patients with the most serious, chronic, and complex illnesses. As a result, they are often faced with the daunting task of counseling their patients to help them clearly define their end-of-life wishes.
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Revolutionizing Quality Improvement in Hospital Medicine
November 4, 2015
As the senior physician advisor to SHM’s Center for Hospital Innovation and Improvement, Eric Howell, MD, SFHM, bridges the gap between clinical expertise and project support and development. The Hospitalist recently had a conversation with Dr.
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Practice Administrator Elected Vice President of SHM Maryland Chapter
November 4, 2015
When you ask Tiffani Panek, division administrator for the division of hospital medicine at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center (BMC) in Baltimore, Md., about her thoughts on the future of hospital medicine, her passion and enthusiasm are immediately apparent.
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Clinical Care Pathway for Cellulitis Can Help Reduce Antibiotic Use, Cost
- Alan Hathcock, MD;
- David Kitchell, MD;
- Frank Wharton, MD;
- Jeremiah Newsom, MD;
- Steven Deitelzweig, MD, SFHM;
- William Carter, MD
November 4, 2015
Clinical question: How would an evidence-based clinical pathway for cellulitis affect process metrics, patient outcomes, and clinical cost?
Background: Cellulitis is a common hospital problem, but its evaluation and treatment vary widely.
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Society of Hospital Medicine Launches Antimicrobial Stewardship Campaign
November 4, 2015
In 2006, infectious disease specialists and pharmacists at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center in Baltimore took a look at the pharmacy budget and were jarred by the numbers.
“The proportion of the pharmacy budget that was antimicrobials was much larger than we would expect,” says Jonathan Zenil
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Hospital Medicine Flourishing Around the World
November 4, 2015
Since last September, Anand Kartha, MD, MS, has headed the hospital medicine (HM) program at 600-bed Hamad General Hospital, the flagship facility for eight-hospital Hamad Medical Corporation in Doha, Qatar, a small nation of 1.8 million people located on the northeast corner of the Arabian Peninsul
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New Studies Find RIPC Ineffective
- (Reuters Health);
- Gene Emery
November 4, 2015
NEW YORK - The theory that heart surgery can be made safer by periodically cutting off blood flow to an arm has been called into serious question.
Two large randomized studies, published online by the New England Journal of Medicine and presented on Oct.
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Lymphedema Patients Benefit from Pneumatic Compression Devices
- (Reuters Health);
- Larry Hand
November 3, 2015
NEW YORK - Patients with lymphedema may reduce their risk of cellulitis, as well as the number of outpatient visits, by using an advanced pneumatic compression device (APCD), according to a new study.
"Our study demonstrates, for the first time, that receipt of an advanced pneumatic compression d