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Education sessions upped COPD patients’ knowledge of their disease
June 10, 2018
With the right education tool, patients can gain knowledge about their disease.
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Reducing the Risk of Overt Hepatic Encephalopathy (HE) Recurrence and HE-Related Hospitalizations
June 8, 2018
Click Here to Read Content In this supplement to The Hospitalist, Dr. Hameed Ali discusses HE and the importance of identifying and properly managing this common complication of...
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Hospital-acquired conditions drop 8% since 2014, saving 8,000 lives and $3 billion
June 8, 2018
The largest improvements occurred in central line–associated bloodstream infections (down 31% from 2014).
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CDC concerned about multidrug-resistant Shigella
June 7, 2018
if clinicians need to use antibiotics to treat patients who have Shigella infections, they should monitor these patients carefully.
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A U.S. model for Italian hospitals?
June 7, 2018
Hospital-based physicians in Italy are looking with great interest at the American hospitalist model.
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A clinical pathway to standardize use of maintenance IV fluids
June 5, 2018
Standardizing the composition of IVF results in increased use of isotonic and potassium-containing fluids.
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Trio of blood biomarkers elevated in children with LRTIs
June 4, 2018
TORONTO - Proadrenomedullin is most strongly associated with disease severity in children with lower respiratory tract infections.
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Neonatal deaths lower in high-volume hospitals
June 1, 2018
AUSTIN, TEX. – Researchers examined the association between the risk of neonatal mortality and the day of the week of the birth.
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Rethinking preop testing
June 1, 2018
ORLANDO – Think twice before ordering that preoperative test, experts say.
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Many hospitals had no mandatory flu vaccine requirements in 2017
June 1, 2018
Many VA and non-VA hospitals still do not have mandatory influenza vaccination requirements for health care personnel.
