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Noninvasive therapy cut COPD readmissions
June 7, 2017
WASHINGTON – Noninvasive ventilation therapy may let patients concerned with readmission breathe easy.
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A prescription for heart failure success: Change the name
June 5, 2017
PARIS – This condition’s very name dooms it to failure. Dr. Lynne Warner Stevenson has some ideas to fix that.
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Short Takes
June 5, 2017
Community-based palliative care reduces emergency department visits Retrospective cohort study showed that patients receiving community-based palliative care were less likely to seek ED care. The reduction was greater for older patients and for patients living in areas of higher socioec...
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Lactulose plus albumin is more effective than lactulose alone for treatment of hepatic encephalopathy
June 2, 2017
Clinical Question: Is the combination of lactulose plus albumin more effective than lactulose alone for treatment of hepatic encephalopathy?
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VIDEO: Software predicts septic shock in hospitalized patients
May 30, 2017
Algorithm will have a moderate level of sensitivity to avoid “alert fatigue.”
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HM17 session summary: CT to PET scans – What every hospitalist needs to know
May 30, 2017
Timothy Kasprzak, MD, director of abdominopelvic and oncologic imaging at Case Western MetroHealth, offered some practical imaging advice for inpatient clinicians during a rapid-fire session at HM17.
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Spironolactone’s HFpEF benefit happens mostly in women
May 26, 2017
PARIS – What a new TOPCAT analysis reveals about sex differences in HFpEF
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HM17 session summary: The hospitalist’s role in the opioid epidemic
May 26, 2017
The growth in opiate prescribing and associated increases in adverse events has created unique challenges for hospitalists.
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Infections up the risk for pregnancy-associated stroke in preeclampsia
May 25, 2017
A study in a diverse population of pregnant women with preeclampsia has identified several risk factors for pregnancy-associated stroke.
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Consider switch to clopidogrel for DAPT early post ACS
May 20, 2017
PARIS – TOPIC trial provides new evidence-based DAPT strategy.