News
Newer antihyperglycemic drugs have distinctive CV, kidney benefits
March 12, 2019
SGLT2 inhibitors and GLP-1 RAs have different effects on cardiovascular and kidney disease outcomes in patients with type 2 diabetes.
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Opinion
What’s driving burnout?
March 12, 2019
Doctors are working fewer hours and seeing fewer patients but still struggling with morale and burnout.
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News
Five pitfalls in optimizing medical management of HFrEF
March 8, 2019
SNOWMASS, COLO. – “A key message is that stability is an illusion in patients with symptomatic heart failure.” – Dr. Akshay S. Desai
News
Best practices lower postsepsis risk, but only if implemented
March 8, 2019
SAN DIEGO – Study found lower death and readmission rates in those who underwent recommended follow-up
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News
Hospitalist movers and shakers – March 2019
March 8, 2019
Take note of some recent career transitions in the hospital medicine community.
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News
Rounding team boosts ICU liberation efforts
March 8, 2019
SAN DIEGO – A group of clinicians making daily rounds in the ICU improved the outcomes from the ABCDEF bundle.
News
Glyceryl trinitrate does not improve outcomes of ischemic stroke
March 7, 2019
HONOLULU – Although treatment reduced blood pressure, it did not reduce disability at 90 days, compared with sham.
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News
Hospitalist scheduling: A search for balance
March 7, 2019
Ensuring that the hospitalist team is right sized is an art.
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News
Vitamin C for sepsis? Experts take sides in sharp debate
March 7, 2019
SAN DIEGO – Controversy about using vitamin C to treat sepsis has continued since unexpected results in a 2017 study.
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News
Infective endocarditis isn’t what it used to be
March 6, 2019
Epidemiology and clinical expression of infective endocarditis are now far different from what most physicians encountered in training.
