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SHM Hill Day 2025
January 5, 2026
SHM Members attended SHM’s annual Hill Day this fall to advocate for hospitalists and their patients It was standing room only at the morning debrief as members of SHM’s Public Policy...
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Taking QI Out of Our Heads And Into Rounds
January 5, 2026
Quality initiatives (QI) are often thought of as longitudinal projects that require large system lifts and complex multidisciplinary teams. These sorts of projects can be intimidating and...
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ED Boarding Practices: The Good, the Bad, and the Bright Spots
January 5, 2026
Boarding patients in the emergency department (ED) has become commonplace at many hospitals, which can cause bottlenecks and negatively affect patients. Fortunately, hospitalists have found some...
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Essential, Yet Unsettled: H-1B Hospitalists
January 5, 2026
Maheswara Reddy Koppula, MD, who was born in India and now works as a physician in the U.S., had fulfilled the requirements of his J-1 visa, which required him to work in a medically underserved...
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Comparing Screening Tools for Predicting Sepsis Among Children
January 5, 2026
CLINICAL QUESTION: Which screening tool performs best for early prediction of sepsis and septic shock in children per the Phoenix criteria? BACKGROUND: Early recognition of sepsis remains...
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Significant Pathology in Young Infants Presenting with Hypothermia: A Multicenter Study
January 5, 2026
CLINICAL QUESTION: Among infants aged 90 days or younger who present to the emergency department (ED) or hospital with hypothermia, what is the prevalence of significant pathology, and what pathology...
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Pediatric Nurses Provide Unique Perspectives on PFC Rounds
January 5, 2026
CLINICAL QUESTION: What are the benefits and barriers to participating in patient-and-family-centered (PFC) rounds from a pediatric nursing perspective? BACKGROUND: Interprofessional PFC rounding...
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BRUE Prediction Rules Outperform the AAP Higher-Risk Criteria in Estimating Risk for Serious Underlying Diagnosis
January 5, 2026
CLINICAL QUESTION: Do the recently derived clinical prediction rules for brief resolved unexplained events (BRUE) perform better than the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) higher-risk criteria in...
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Dexamethasone Non-Inferior to Prednisone or Prednisolone for Treatment of Pediatric Asthma Exacerbations
January 5, 2026
CLINICAL QUESTION: How does dexamethasone compare to prednisone or prednisolone when used to treat pediatric asthma exacerbations? BACKGROUND: Historically, the standard of care steroid choice for...
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Pediatric Catatonia’s Medical Turn: Increasing Incidence and Intensifying Treatment
January 5, 2026
CLINICAL QUESTION: Has the incidence, etiology, evaluation, and management of pediatric catatonia changed over time, especially following the COVID-19 pandemic? BACKGROUND: Pediatric catatonia is a...