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How Do I Determine if My Patient has Decision-Making Capacity?
August 3, 2011
Competency is a global assessment and legal determination made by a judge in court. Capacity is a functional assessment and a clinical determination about a specific decision that can be made by any clinician familiar with a patient’s case.
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In the Literature: Research You Need to Know
August 3, 2011
Screening for AAA; Adverse events in atrial fibrillation; Biological treatment of inflammatory bowel diseases; Steroid treatment of inflammatory bowel diseases; Levofloxacin for H. pylori; Natural history of tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy; Predicting postoperative pulmonary complications; Code status and goals of care in the ICU
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Integrated NPP systems can yield improved retention, quality of care, and patient satisfaction
August 3, 2011
Your article "NPPs to the Rescue" (May 2011, p.
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No Easy Task
August 3, 2011
As demand for 24/7 on-site coverage increases, HM groups wrangle with night-shift issues
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Pediatric HM Literature
August 2, 2011
Febrile Infants With Urinary Tract Infections at Very Low Risk for Adverse Events
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In the Literature: HM-Related Research You Need to Know
July 1, 2011
Physician reviews of the latest research, including risks of preoperative tobacco use, timing of perioperative beta blocker use and outcomes, outcomes of atenolol vs. metoporopol for perioperative beta blockade, and continuous vs. bolus dose diuretics in CHF.
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How Is SIADH Diagnosed and Managed?
July 1, 2011
KEY POINTS: Clinical assessment of volume status is often inaccurate. Acute symptomatic hyponatremia is treated with 3% hypertonic saline. Chronic hyponatremia is managed with fluid restriction and salt tablets. Vasopressin receptor antagonists might play a role in chronic hyponatremia management.
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ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: Hospitalists discuss strategies for indigent transitions
July 1, 2011
Experts discuss barriers to treating indigent patients, medication management's role in safe transitions, and new programs to help the homeless and uninsured population
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Ultrasound More Common at the Bedside
July 1, 2011
A recent “Current Concepts” article in the New England Journal of Medicine (2011;364:749) by a pair of Yale University physicians asserts that the day is close at hand when ultrasound interpretations by clinicians at the patient’s bedside will become as routine in hospital care as the trusty stethoscope.
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Cause For Concern
July 1, 2011
Drug shortages disrupt operations, tax hospitalists' treatment patterns
