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HM18: ‘Things we do for no reason’
July 18, 2018
Physicians continue to practice low value care because of practice habits and lack of cost transparency.
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Intranasal naloxone promising for type 1 hypoglycemia
July 17, 2018
ORLANDO – This development could help prevent autonomic failure in T1DM patients.
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More testing of febrile infants at teaching vs. community hospitals, but similar outcomes
July 16, 2018
TORONTO – Community hospitals do as well as university-affiliated hospitals in treating febrile infants.
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Pediatric inpatient seizures treated quickly with new intervention
July 13, 2018
TORONTO – A new system for getting antiepileptic medications to pediatric inpatients having a seizure significantly reduced time to treatment.
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Benefits, drawbacks when hospitalists expand roles
July 13, 2018
Not all role expansion in hospital medicine is good role expansion, experts say.
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Closed-loop insulin control for T2DM is feasible in hospital setting
July 12, 2018
ORLANDO – Noncritical patients tolerated automated devices and had fewer clinically significant hypoglycemic events.
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More than 16% of ED sepsis patients not admitted to hospital
July 9, 2018
SAN DIEGO – More than 16% of ED sepsis patients are not admitted to the hospital, but their outcomes were not worse, preliminary results found.
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Primary cirrhotic prophylaxis of bacterial peritonitis falls short
July 9, 2018
A review of prospective data from 308 cirrhotic patients on antibiotic prophylaxis highlights the limitations of this treatment.
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For some opioid overdose survivors, stigma from clinicians hinders recovery
July 6, 2018
Positive steps might include giving stakeholders "sample scripts of ... nonstigmatizing conversations between caregivers and the people experiencing opioid dependency," researchers say.
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High risk of low glucose? Hospital alerts promise a crucial heads-up
July 2, 2018
Incidents of severe hypoglycemia dropped by 41% after system was put into place to warn doctors.