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News
Hospitalist movers and shakers – September 2019
September 19, 2019
Take note of some recent career transitions in the hospital medicine community.
News
Drug abuse–linked infective endocarditis spiking in U.S.
September 18, 2019
New cases doubled from 2002 to 2016, and those affected tended to be younger white males living in poverty.
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Opinion
Observation versus inpatient status
September 17, 2019
Observation care is increasing, and can frustrate patients and hospitalists.
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News
Managing alcohol withdrawal in the hospitalized patient
September 16, 2019
Early detection and treatment are crucial in preventing high morbidity and mortality.
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News
Hospital-acquired C. diff. tied to four ‘high-risk’ antibiotic classes
September 16, 2019
High-risk antibiotics included second-, third-, and fourth-generation cephalosporins, fluoroquinolones, carbapenems, and lincosamides.
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News
Introducing SHM’s president-elect
September 13, 2019
Dr. Danielle Scheurer, SHM’s president-elect, wants to leave SHM better than she found it.
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Article
Short Takes
September 12, 2019
In The Literature's Short Takes
News
Drug doses for heart failure could possibly be halved for women
September 12, 2019
Women reached the highest level of drug efficacy at half the doses of ACE inhibitors or ARBs and beta-blockers needed by men to reach the same level.
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News
Consider triple therapy for the management of COPD
September 11, 2019
Does triple therapy for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) result in lower rates of COPD exacerbations when compared with dual therapy or monotherapy?
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News
Older IBD patients are most at risk of postdischarge VTE
September 10, 2019
Readmission for venous thromboembolism in patients with inflammatory bowel diseases most often occurs within 60 days of discharge.
