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    Pulmonary embolism in COPD exacerbations

    January 6, 2017

    Pulmonary embolism in COPD exacerbationsClinical question: How frequent is pulmonary embolism (PE) in patients with unexplained acute chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbation?[[{"fid":"175130","view_mode":"medstat_image_flush_right","fields":{"format":"medstat_image_flush_right"...

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    Evaluating the qSOF

    January 6, 2017

    Evaluating the qSOFAClinical question: How does the quick Sepsis-Related Organ Failure Assessment (qSOFA) compare with other sepsis scoring tools?[[{"fid":"175130","view_mode":"medstat_image_flush_right","fields":{"format":"medstat_image_flush_right","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":""...

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    Bundled payments reduce costs in joint patients

    January 5, 2017

    Bundled payments reduce costs in joint patientsClinical question: Does bundled payment for lower extremity joint replacement (LEJR) reduce cost without compromising the quality of care? [[{"fid":"175130","view_mode":"medstat_image_flush_right","fields":{"format":"medstat_image_flush_right","fiel...

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    Nonischemic cardiomyopathy does not benefit from prophylactic ICDs

    January 5, 2017

    Nonischemic cardiomyopathy does not benefit from prophylactic ICDsClinical question: Do prophylactic implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) reduce long-term mortality in patients with symptomatic nonischemic systolic heart failure (NISHF)?[[{"fid":"175130","view_mode":"medstat_image_flus...

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    Ready for post-acute care?

    January 5, 2017

    As PAC expands, hospital medicine’s role – and leadership – will be key.

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    Pleth Variability Index shows promise for asthma assessments

    January 2, 2017

    Does pulse variability on plethysmography, or the Pleth Variability Index (PVI), correlate with disease severity in obstructive airway disease in children?

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    Physicians and EHR time

    December 20, 2016

    Clinical question: How much time do ambulatory-care physicians spend on electronic health records (EHRs)?

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    Idle intravenous catheters are associated with preventable complications

    December 15, 2016

    Intravenous catheters are common and necessary for inpatient care, but peripheral – and especially central venous – catheters are associated with increased risk for local and systemic complications.

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    Hospitalists See Benefit from Working with ‘Surgicalists’

    December 7, 2016

    The collaboration is widely supported by hospitalists because it brings several advantages, mainly a greater availability of the surgeon for consult.

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    Selected elderly trauma patients do well in non–ICU wards

    December 7, 2016

    CORONADO, CALIF. – When elderly patients are appropriately triaged, they can be selectively admitted to non–intensive care wards with acceptable outcomes, results from a single-center study showed.