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Intensive blood pressure lowering may not reduce risk of recurrent stroke
March 20, 2019
HONOLULU – Intensive treatment significantly reduces blood pressure, compared with standard treatment, and is equally safe.
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Improving research dissemination among hospitalists
March 19, 2019
An online journal club can help spread the word.
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Andexanet alfa effectively reverses factor Xa inhibition
March 18, 2019
HONOLULU – The drug establishes good or excellent hemostasis in 82% of patients with acute major bleeding associated with factor Xa inhibition.
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Is a telehospitalist service right for you and your group?
March 18, 2019
Hospitalists will have to determine how best to take advantage of the innovative model of care offered by telemedicine.
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Journal of Hospital Medicine launches new clinical guidelines series
March 15, 2019
New formats enable busy clinicians to quickly understand the latest research and apply it to practice.
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Advance care planning codes not being used
March 14, 2019
Few physicians are taking advantage of Medicare payment codes that reimburse them for discussing end-of-life planning with patients.
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Hospital-onset sepsis twice as lethal as community-onset disease
March 14, 2019
SAN DIEGO – Quality of care differences could be one factor explaining the greater mortality.
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Developing clinical mastery at HM19
March 13, 2019
New educational minitrack at HM19 will emphasize skills required for bedside diagnostic mastery.
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Higher blood pressure after thrombectomy links with bad stroke outcomes
March 12, 2019
HONOLULU – Observational data showed that ischemic stroke patients with systolic blood pressure above 158 mm Hg after thrombectomy had worse outcomes.
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Newer antihyperglycemic drugs have distinctive CV, kidney benefits
March 12, 2019
SGLT2 inhibitors and GLP-1 RAs have different effects on cardiovascular and kidney disease outcomes in patients with type 2 diabetes.
