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Which Patients Should be Screened for Hepatitis C Virus Infection?
June 1, 2014
Insufficient current screening strategies for people with high prevalence of chronic HCV infection should prompt hospitalists to improve screening rates in this population
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Inhaled Corticosteroids Increase Risk of Serious Pneumonia in Patients with COPD
June 1, 2014
Risk is higher with fluticasone, lower with budesonide
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Ambulatory Patients with COPD Exacerbations Can Be Managed Without Antibiotics in the Absence of Increased Sputum Purulence, Elevated C-Reactive Protein
June 1, 2014
Increased sputum purulence and CRP >40 mg/L identified COPD patients likely to have a clinical failure without antibiotics
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Pre-Operative Angiotensin Axis Blockade Increases Risk of Hypotension, Acute Kidney Injury with Major Orthopedic Surgery
June 1, 2014
Increased risks from AAB therapy resulted in longer lengths of hospital stay
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American College of Physicians Releases Clinical Practice Guideline for Treating Anemia in Heart Disease Patients
June 1, 2014
ACP recommendations for red blood cell transfusion, use of erythropoiesis-stimulating agents
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Risk Stratification Model Predicts Continued Stability in Patients with Pulmonary Embolism
June 1, 2014
Negative troponin, absence of right ventricular dysfunction associated with clinically stable pulmonary embolism
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Accelerated Diagnostic Protocol for Chest Pain Results in Earlier Discharge of Low-Risk Patients
June 1, 2014
Accelerated diagnostic pathway combining TIMI score, EKG, zero- and two-hour troponin levels resulted in twice the proportion of early discharges compared with conventional pathway
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Restrictive Blood Transfusion Strategy with Trigger Hemoglobin
June 1, 2014
Transfusion strategy decreases risk of rebleeding, cardiac events, total mortality in patients with critical illness, bleeding
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ED Observation Syncope Protocol Reduces Resource Use Without Compromising Safety
June 1, 2014
Protocol decreased admission rates, length of hospital stay, costs for intermediate-risk patients with no impact on safety, patient satisfaction, quality of life
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10 Choosing Wisely Recommendations by Specialists for Hospitalists
June 1, 2014
Medical societies list safe, cost-effective tests physicians should perform—and ones to avoid—when diagnosing patients
