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Hospitalist Efficiency Impacted by Increased Workloads
September 2, 2014
Inpatient length-of-stay, costs may increase when hospitalist workloads exceed 15 patients daily
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Peri-Operative Clonidine Increases Hypotension, Bradycardia, Nonfatal Cardiac Arrest
September 2, 2014
Study finds peri-operative clonidine brings increased risks, has no effect on myocardial infarction rate among patients undergoing vascular surgery
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Fibrinolytics Increase Stroke Risk, Hemorrhage in Intermediate-Risk Pulmonary Emboli
September 2, 2014
Study finds increased risks, no mortality benefit to treatment of intermediate-risk pulmonary emboli with fibrinolytics
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AHA/ACC Atrial Fibrillation Guidelines Updated
September 2, 2014
American Heart Association, American College of Cardiology, Heart Rhythm Society issue first comprehensive update since 2006, guidelines on patient selection for anticoagulation, role of oral anticoagulants
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Peri-Operative Aspirin Impact on Risk of Bleeding, Death, Myocardial Infarction Examined
September 2, 2014
Aspirin use studied among noncardiac surgery patients at risk of vascular complications
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Confusion Assessment Method (CAM-S) Evaluates Delirium Severity, Gauges Clinical Outcome
September 2, 2014
Enhanced scoring system associates delirium severity, inpatient outcomes
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Risk-Prediction Model for Recurrent Clostridium difficile Infection
September 2, 2014
Tool identifies infection risk factors at illness onset, predicts likelihood of C.diff recurrence
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Epidemiology, Consequences of Non-Leg VTE
August 1, 2014
Non-leg VTE in critically ill patients was associated with a higher risk of pulmonary embolism during hospitalization, longer ICU stays
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Model for End-Stage Liver Disease (MELD) May Help Determine Mortality Risk
August 1, 2014
Updated MELD model may provide more accurate method of predicting inpatient mortality rates for hospitalized cirrhotic patients with acute variceal bleeding
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Emergency Department Visits, Hospitalizations Due to Insulin
August 1, 2014
Risk of insulin-related hypoglycemia in patients older than 80 should be considered prior to starting insulin regimen, increasing insulin dose