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SHM and Neurohospitalist Society partner on new program for stroke patients
May 9, 2018
The partnership intends to help assure continuous quality in the care of stroke patients with large vessel occlusion.
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Tower Health teams with SHM as first health system institutional partner
May 8, 2018
Health system makes a strategic decision to become an SHM institutional partner.
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Physician learning must evolve as industry transforms
May 7, 2018
Standardized patient encounter training is a live simulation in a clinical setting with trained actors.
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Don’t shorten therapy for older, sicker cellulitis patients
May 6, 2018
Elderly patients with cellulitis and comorbid conditions probably need a full 12-day course of treatment.
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Class III obesity increases risk of acute on chronic liver failure in cirrhotic patients
May 6, 2018
Patients with a BMI greater than or equal to 40 kg/m2 with decompensated cirrhosis are at greater risk of developing acute on chronic liver failure.
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First reversal agent for apixaban and rivaroxaban gets fast-track approval
May 4, 2018
Andexanet alfa approval puts factor Xa inhibitors in the same ballpark as dabigatran, reversible with idarucizumab.
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Lower glucose target linked to improved mortality in critically ill
May 3, 2018
The findings of a new study of critically ill patients challenge current guidelines on the use of intensive insulin therapy.
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Hospitalist movers and shakers – May 2018
May 3, 2018
Take note of some recent career transitions in the hospital medicine community.
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Challenging dogma: Postop fever
May 2, 2018
A new “Rule of W” for diagnosing postoperative fever should reflect the most frequent complications.
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Does warfarin cause acute kidney injury?
May 2, 2018
SAN DIEGO – Consider increased monitoring of renal function in certain patients.
