![1]()
News
Hospitalist movers and shakers – November 2019
November 25, 2019
Take note of some recent career transitions in the hospital medicine community.
![1]()
News
Large population-based study underscores link between gout, CVD event risk
November 23, 2019
ATLANTA – The relationships between gout and fatal and nonfatal CVD events found in a large population-based health data linkage study in New Zealand were not ameliorated by allopurinol use or serum urate lowering to treatment target.
![1]()
News
The 2018 SoHM Report: Takeaways for pediatric hospitalists
November 23, 2019
SHM will add more pediatric-specific questions for the 2020 version of the State of Hospital Medicine Report.
News
What’s new in hepatitis C: Four themes that dominated at the Liver Meeting
November 22, 2019
BOSTON – AASLD highlights included treatment of persons who inject drugs, new directions in pangenotypic therapy, benefits of sustained virologic response, preemptive therapy in donor-positive organ transplant.
![1]()
News
Geriatric IBD hospitalization carries steep inpatient mortality
November 21, 2019
SAN ANTONIO – A major unmet need exists for better guideline-directed management of geriatric patients hospitalized for IBD.
News
Hyperkalemia-related treatment changes linked to death in acute HF
November 21, 2019
It’s not the potassium, but the subsequent dosage reduction, that may boost mortality after hospitalization for acute heart failure.
![1]()
News
Apps for busy pediatric hospitalists 2.0
November 21, 2019
Online software tools allow for easy collaboration.
![1]()
News
Findings confirm link between methimazole and risk for acute pancreatitis
November 21, 2019
CHICAGO – However, there is no evidence of a cumulative dose effect.
![1]()
News
Ask about vaping in patients with respiratory symptoms, CDC says
November 20, 2019
New CDC recommendations intended to help HCPs pinpoint and manage vaping-associated lung injuries as seasonal respiratory infections trend upward.
![1]()
News
Documentation tips: Acute respiratory failure
November 20, 2019
Documenting acute respiratory failure accurately matters, regardless if it is, or is not, the primary diagnosis.
