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News
Bringing critical care training to hospitalists
October 16, 2017
Tens of thousands of hospitalists triage and manage critically ill patients, often with limited or no support from critical care specialists.
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News
Research progress in a short time window
October 15, 2017
Gaining insight on the incidence and descriptors of emergency transfer cases in Cincinnati Children’s Hospital.
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News
Thirty-one percent of multidrug-resistant infections were community acquired
October 15, 2017
SAN DIEGO – Community-acquired multidrug-resistant infections included MRSA, Clostridium difficile, and gram-negative infections.
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Wait at least 2 days to replace central venous catheters in patients with candidemia
October 15, 2017
SAN DIEGO – It likely will reduce 30-day mortality.
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A game of telephone?
October 15, 2017
A student researcher learns that there is no such thing as perfect data.
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Opinion
Thinking about the basic science of quality improvement
October 15, 2017
Standardization can encounter resistance from physicians and other health care providers.
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Steroids underused in bacterial meningitis despite low risk
October 14, 2017
SAN DIEGO – When used, they are being used later than is recommended.
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News
Negative nasal swabs reliably predicted no MRSA infection
October 13, 2017
SAN DIEGO – But physicians often prescribed vancomycin anyway, accumulating potentially avoidable treatment days.
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News
SHM pushes to protect patients from ‘surprise’ out-of-network expenses
October 13, 2017
Patients should not be on the hook for costs related to out-of-network insurance coverage when a hospital is in-network, medical societies say.
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VA study finds high MRSA infection risk among those colonized with the bacterium
October 13, 2017
SAN DIEGO – Patients colonized with MRSA are at high risk of MRSA infection both in the predischarge and postdischarge time periods, results from an 8-year VA study showed.
