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Increased death rate with platelets for aspirin/clopidogrel GI bleed
November 28, 2016
Patients with normal platelet counts who have a GI bleed while on antiplatelets were almost six times more likely to die in the hospital if they had a platelet transfusion, in a retrospective cohort study from the Yale University.
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Updated ACCP Guideline for Antithrombotic Therapy for VTE Disease
November 28, 2016
What hospitalists need to know about the 2016 ACCP Guideline update
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Hospitalist Tracy Gulling-Leftwich, DO, Spends Her Free Time Caring for Rescue Animals
November 25, 2016
Tracy Gulling-Leftwich, DO, believes caring for these animals balances her work in hospital medicine
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Hospitalists Stretched as their Responsibilities Broaden
November 23, 2016
A continued broadening of responsibilities continues to stretch even the most well-trained hospitalists
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Scott Kaatz, DO, uses SHM to Engage Future Hospitalists
November 22, 2016
Hospitalist Scott Kaatz, DO, MSc, FACP, SFHM, has been involved in multiple mentored implementation (MI) programs offered by SHM
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Tips for Hospitalists on Solving Difficult Situations
November 18, 2016
Tough cases and the firing of hospitalists sometimes arise without clear-cut solutions—here’s how these real-life cases were resolved
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Brian Harte, MD, SFHM, Discusses Path from Hospitalist to Transformational Healthcare Leader
November 17, 2016
Dr. Harte talks about SHM’s impact on his career and how he sees hospitalists’ roles growing in an evolving health system
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Anecdotal Failures in the Diagnosis of Serotonin Syndrome
November 16, 2016
Clinical Question: What is the validity of commonly held beliefs regarding serotonin syndrome (SS)? Background: SS is a potentially life-threatening condition caused by serotonin excess in the central nervous system.
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Restrictive Blood Transfusion Strategies May Increase the Risk of Mortality, Morbidity for Elderly Patients Undergoing Orthopedic Surgery
November 16, 2016
Are there particular groups of patients in which lower transfusion thresholds (transfusion only at lower hemoglobin levels) may be harmful?
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Heart failure readmission metric not linked to care quality
November 15, 2016
A new analysis suggests that metrics used by CMS to determine penalties for heart failure hospital readmissions are not associated with quality of care or overall clinical outcomes.
