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MRSA Nasal PCR’s Role in Empiric Antibiotic Selection
August 1, 2023
Case A 67-year-old man with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) was admitted to inpatient general medicine from his nursing home for pneumonia. He reported a 10-day history of an upper...
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High-Value Care/Things We Do For No Reason
July 5, 2023
In this impactful session, Dr. Lee defined value as the sum of quality of care, equity, patient outcome, and experience divided by costs of care and nonfinancial risks and harms. High-value care...
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Inpatient Management of Decompensated Cirrhosis
July 5, 2023
In this clinical-pearl-packed session, Dr. Suchita Shah Sata from Duke University Hospital in Durham, N.C., recaps the breadth of knowledge needed by hospitalists to manage this complex patient...
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Acute Pain Management
July 5, 2023
This case-based session provided hospitalists with expert opinions and evidence-based approaches to navigate challenges when managing acute pain in the inpatient setting. Opioid prescription...
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Rounding Project Wins Shark Tank Competition
July 5, 2023
Dr. Franco A project intending to help optimize how rounding is performed in hospitals won this year’s Research Shark Tank competition at SHM Converge in March, coming after a compelling set of...
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Great Debate: POCUS Versus the Physical Exam
July 5, 2023
Traditionally, diagnosing heart failure (HF) in clinical practice relied on comprehensive medical history, physical examination, and laboratory and imaging tests. However, recent advancements have...
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The Great Debate: ED vs Direct Admission
July 5, 2023
Each year, two million children are admitted to the hospital. Drs. Leyenaar and McDaniel debated whether these patients should be admitted through the emergency department (ED) or directly. They...
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Updates on Gastroenterology and Hepatology
July 5, 2023
Dr. Sears’s fun, fast-paced speaking style peppered with her wellness moments (and El Arroyo quotes) always make for an excellent learning experience. Her quick recap on acute pancreatitis...
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Hospitalists Driving LOS Optimization
July 5, 2023
In our current post-COVID-19 world, few topics come up more frequently in hospitalist meetings than length of stay (LOS). The COVID-19 pandemic has negatively impacted profit margins across the...
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Use of Ketamine in Hospitalized Patients
July 5, 2023
Ketamine, a dissociative agent, is listed on the 21st WHO Model List of Essential Medicines for basic health care systems. It first gained U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval as an anesthetic...