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Application of the MASCC and CISNE risk-stratification scores to identify low-risk febrile neutropenic patients in the emergency department
June 12, 2017
Does the Multinational Association for Supportive Care in Cancer (MASCC) or Clinical Index of Stable Febrile Neutropenia (CISNE) risk-stratification score better predict patient outcomes in patients presenting to emergency departments with febrile neutropenia?
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Atrial fibrillation blunts beta-blockers for HFrEF
June 11, 2017
Do beta-blockers alter mortality in HFrEF with atrial fib??
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Bedside CGM boosts glucose control in hospital
June 10, 2017
Early results from pilot study impress researchers.
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Crossing the personal quality chasm: QI enthusiast to QI leader
June 9, 2017
This new series highlights the professional pathways of quality improvement leaders.
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Low-dose aspirin bests dual-antiplatelet therapy in TAVR
June 8, 2017
PARIS – ARTE trial is hailed as practice changing.
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Everything We Say and Do: Setting discharge goals and visit expectations
June 8, 2017
I always ensure at the end of my visit with a patient and their family that they know when to expect me to return to see their child again.
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New SHM Members – February/March 2017
June 7, 2017
The Society of Hospital Medicine welcomes its newest members.
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Noninvasive therapy cut COPD readmissions
June 7, 2017
WASHINGTON – Noninvasive ventilation therapy may let patients concerned with readmission breathe easy.
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Committee and chapter involvement allows SHM member to give back
June 7, 2017
This month, The Hospitalist spotlights Paul Grant, MD, SFHM, assistant professor of medicine at the University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor.
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A prescription for heart failure success: Change the name
June 5, 2017
PARIS – This condition’s very name dooms it to failure. Dr. Lynne Warner Stevenson has some ideas to fix that.