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    Battling biases with the 5 Rs of cultural humility

    April 25, 2017

    The Cultural Humility Work Group set out to develop a simple, universal framework to provide a foundation for strengthening communication skills and raising awareness of cultural humility.

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    ITL: Physician Reviews of HM-Relevant Research

    April 26, 2012

    Online calculator helps prevent post-op respiratory failure; new drug for long-term treatment of PE; benefits of triple therapy for COPD; knee-length compression stockings as good as thigh-length for PTS; video monitoring improves hand hygiene; asymptomatic bacteriuria often misdiagnosed as UTI; CT accurate for lower GI bleeding diagnosis; switch from albuterol to lavalbuterol to reduce tachycardia not recommended.

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    What Are Common Causes of Glomerular Disease in Adults?

    March 31, 2012

    Podocyte cells, which make up the surface of the glomerulus, are pink in a 650x-magnification SEM. Glomerluar diseases can result from an acute illness, such as an upper respiratory infection, or chronic disease states, such as HIV. The Case A 52-year-old man presents with abdominal pain.

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    In the Literature: Research You Need to Know

    April 13, 2011

    Hospital-acquired C. diff infection associated with higher in-hospital mortality

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    In the Literature: HM-Related Research You Need to Know

    April 1, 2011

    Physician reviews of HM-related literature, including LOS in geriatric patients, outcomes of transcatheter aortic-valve implantation, renal ultrasound predictor for acute kidney injury, and romiplostim use in immune thrombocytopenia