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Risk of ED visit/hospitalization increases when brand-name angiotensin receptor blockers (ARB) are switched to generic versions
April 12, 2018
Does switching from a brand name ARB to its generic lead to more ED visits and hospitalizations?
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Patients presenting with saddle pulmonary emboli (PE) versus nonsaddle PE have no mortality difference but have an increased risk for decompensation
April 11, 2018
Do saddle pulmonary embolisms have worse outcomes compared to nonsaddle pulmonary embolisms?
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New developments in critical care and sepsis
April 10, 2018
“There has been a lot of discussion about steroids in sepsis that is potentially practice changing.”
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Session tackles oncology emergencies
April 10, 2018
“The real challenge in managing sick cancer patients lies in the data-free zones.”
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Delaying lumbar punctures for a head CT may result in increased mortality in acute bacterial meningitis
April 10, 2018
Can we safely perform lumbar punctures (LP) without neuroimaging in patients with acute bacterial meningitis (ABM)?
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Aim to achieve ‘zero harm’
April 10, 2018
“But the goal of zero harm should become everyone’s new mantra and, to get there, health care providers need to add new dimensions to their typical quality improvement and patient safety efforts.”
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‘Update in HM’ to highlight practice pearls
April 10, 2018
The speakers' selection of the Top 20 journal articles of the year will be presented.
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New guidance for inpatient opioid prescribing
April 9, 2018
The SHM consensus statement advocates the lowest effective dose for the shortest duration possible.
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Simvastatin, atorvastatin cut mortality risk for sepsis patients
April 9, 2018
In addition to supporting cardiac function and inhibiting inflammatory cytokines, these statins appear to exert a direct antimicrobial effect.
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Use of a risk score may be able to identify high-risk patients presenting with acute heart failure
April 9, 2018
Clinical question: Can we use readily available data to risk stratify patients who present to the emergency department in acute heart failure (AHF)?
