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Managing alcohol withdrawal in the hospitalized patient
September 16, 2019
Early detection and treatment are crucial in preventing high morbidity and mortality.
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Hospital-acquired C. diff. tied to four ‘high-risk’ antibiotic classes
September 16, 2019
High-risk antibiotics included second-, third-, and fourth-generation cephalosporins, fluoroquinolones, carbapenems, and lincosamides.
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Introducing SHM’s president-elect
September 13, 2019
Dr. Danielle Scheurer, SHM’s president-elect, wants to leave SHM better than she found it.
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Short Takes
September 12, 2019
In The Literature's Short Takes
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Drug doses for heart failure could possibly be halved for women
September 12, 2019
Women reached the highest level of drug efficacy at half the doses of ACE inhibitors or ARBs and beta-blockers needed by men to reach the same level.
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Consider triple therapy for the management of COPD
September 11, 2019
Does triple therapy for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) result in lower rates of COPD exacerbations when compared with dual therapy or monotherapy?
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Older IBD patients are most at risk of postdischarge VTE
September 10, 2019
Readmission for venous thromboembolism in patients with inflammatory bowel diseases most often occurs within 60 days of discharge.
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Statins may do double duty as antidepressants
September 10, 2019
COPENHAGEN – Mounting evidence suggests antidepressant efficacy for statins in immunometabolic-related depression.
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Exercise intervention reverses functional decline in elderly patients during acute hospitalization
September 10, 2019
Can an individualized, multicomponent exercise program help reverse functional and cognitive decline in acutely hospitalized, elderly patients?
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ARNIs effective for acute decompensated heart failure
September 9, 2019
In patients hospitalized for acute decompensated heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF), is an angiotensin receptor–neprilysin inhibitor (ARNI) as effective as enalapril in reducing levels of N-terminal of the prohormone brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP)?
