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Hospitalists Tackle Heart Failure
February 9, 2011
Standardized care plan expected to reduce readmissions
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What Is the Role of BNP in Diagnosis and Management of Acutely Decompensated Heart Failure?
February 2, 2011
Each year, more than 1 million patients are admitted to hospitals with acutely decompensated heart failure
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When are vasoactive agents indicated in acute heart failure?
October 1, 2008
Case A 72-year-old retired nurse with known nonischemic dilated cardiomyopathy with an ejection fraction of approximately 20% and status-post cardiac resynchronization therapy presents to the emergency department with dyspnea with minimal activity, three-pillow orthopnea, and paroxysmal nocturnal dy
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Can CT coronary angiography effectively rule out coronary disease in a patient admitted with chest pain?
January 1, 2008
A 58-year-old male with a past medical history significant for hypertension and hypercholesterolemia presents four hours after acute onset of substernal chest pain that rates eight on a scale of 10
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The Anorectic Heart
June 1, 2007
Pneumomediastinum and pericardial effusion in a 40-year-old male with anorexia nervosa
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SHM Heart Failure Research Program Awardees
November 1, 2006
Meet the winners
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Broken Heart
October 2, 2006
A case study of acute decompensated heart failure.
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Hospice Heart
August 2, 2006
A hospitalist in Texas fulfills her dream to direct an in patient hospice unit
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Insulin Therapy, C. Diff Update, LMWH or UFH for Acute Coronary Syndrome
May 2, 2006
C. Difficile Update Loo VG, Poirier L, Miller MA, et al. A Predominantly clonal multi-institutional outbreak of Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea with high morbidity and mortality. N Engl J Med. 2005 Dec 8;353(23):2442-2449. McDonald LC, Killgore GE, Thompson A, et al.
