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Oral iron of no benefit in heart failure with iron deficiency
May 16, 2017
High-dose oral iron therapy doesn’t improve exercise capacity in the estimated 50% of patients with symptomatic heart failure who also have iron deficiency, according to a report published online May 16 in JAMA.Iron deficiency in patients with HF, regardless of their hemoglobin status, is ...
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Hyponatremia: Watch the water, not the salt
May 12, 2017
LAS VEGAS – Keeping an eye on sodium is key to diagnosing hyponatremia, but don’t forget it’s a problem of too much water, not salt, said an expert at HM17.
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When one patient decompensates, others on the ward may follow
May 12, 2017
How does the clinical decompensation of a ward patient affect the likelihood of another patient’s decompensation?
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Principles learned from a successful improvement program can increase compliance and reduce hospital acquired VTEs (HA-VTEs) across multiple institutions
May 12, 2017
Can a single institution’s VTE prophylaxis program be scaled to increase prophylaxis and reduce HA-VTEs across multiple institutions?
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Interventions, especially those that are organization-directed, reduce burnout in physicians
May 11, 2017
How efficacious are interventions to reduce burnout in physicians?
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Alpha blockers may facilitate the expulsion of larger ureteric stones
May 11, 2017
Are alpha blockers efficacious in patients with ureteric stones?
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PPIs triple heart failure hospitalization risk in atrial fib patients
May 10, 2017
PARIS – Atrial fib patients taking proton pump inhibitors, largely unnecessarily, have a far greater risk of hospitalization for an acute heart failure episode.
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Opinion
Is the doctor in?
May 10, 2017
A recent increase in programs that provide telehospitalists indicates continued growth in coming years.
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RIV spotlights HM-focused research in real-time
May 9, 2017
LAS VEGAS – SHM’s annual Research, Innovations, and Clinical Vignettes poster competition has exploded in popularity over the past few years.
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12 things pharmacists want hospitalists to know
May 9, 2017
From better communications to extra vigilance to high-risk decisions, veteran pharmacists outline areas for improvement.
