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Balanced fluid resuscitation vs. saline does not decrease hospital-free days
August 1, 2018
Does balanced crystalloid fluid improve outcomes versus saline in noncritically ill patients who are hospitalized?
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Short Takes
July 31, 2018
Read short summaries on some important research for hospitalist physicians.
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Who are the ‘high-need, high-cost’ patients?
July 30, 2018
Significant predictors included Medicare or Medicaid insurance, lower income, first hospitalization in a large rural hospital, high comorbidity burden, obesity, and hospitalizations for infections.
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Pulmonary Embolism Rule-Out Criteria Strategy is noninferior when clinical probability is low
July 30, 2018
Can low probability pulmonary embolism (PE) be safely excluded using the Pulmonary Embolism Rule-Out Criteria?
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Timely culture reports lower LOS for neonatal fever
July 28, 2018
ATLANTA – Hospital’s procedural changes resulted in no increase in sepsis readmissions.
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Asthma medication ratio identifies high-risk pediatric patients
July 27, 2018
ATLANTA – A quality metric for asthma exacerbation could be lead to a helpful app.
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After initial rivaroxaban, aspirin is noninferior to rivaroxaban for thromboprophylaxis following joint arthroplasty
July 27, 2018
Is aspirin as effective as rivaroxaban at reducing rates of symptomatic venous thromboembolism (VTE) after hip or knee arthroplasty?
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Short-course IV antibiotics okay for newborn bacteremic UTI
July 27, 2018
ATLANTA – There were few recurrences, no meningitis.
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CMS proposes site-neutral payments for hospital outpatient setting
July 26, 2018
Site-neutral payments could save the government – and patients – money on every visit.
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Ten tips for managing patients with both heart failure and COPD
July 26, 2018
Diagnose them early, treat them early, and build a team of experts and support services with the patients.
