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The Informed Hospitalist and the Pharmaceutical Industry
March 1, 2005
Ethics in Hospital Medicine
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First Ever SHM Leadership Academy— A Rousing Success
- And Larry Wellikson, MD, FACP;
- Mark Williams, MD, FACP;
- Russell Holman, MD, FACP;
- Tina Budnitz, MPH,
March 1, 2005
What would prompt someone to exclaim “fantastic, inspirational, and motivational,” and trigger adults to hug each other when it is time to say goodbye?
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Top 10 Articles of PHM Literature, 2024
- Eric Zwemer, MD;
- Lyubina Yankova, MD;
- Vignesh Doraiswamy, MD
November 1, 2024
Every year at the Pediatric Hospital Medicine (PHM) conference, the top 10 publications from the PHM literature are selected and presented. This year, we aimed to cover a variety of domains including...
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“First You Take a Drink, Then the Drink Takes a Drink, Then the Drink Takes You”
- Anthony Dao, MD;
- Carol Faulk, MD;
- Dennis Chang, MD, FHM;
- Kieran Patel, MD;
- Michael Wenzinger, MD
October 1, 2024
Substance use disorders in physicians The title of this article, a quote by F. Scott Fitzgerald, illustrates the experience of alcohol use disorder. Although physicians are comfortable recognizing...
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The Role of D-dimer in Diagnosing Pulmonary Embolism
- Amiran Baduashvili, MD;
- Kendal Flegenheimer, MD;
- Leela Chockalingam, MD
February 1, 2024
Case A 58-year-old previously healthy woman presents with pleuritic chest pain triggered by moving heavy boxes. She denies dyspnea, extremity swelling, hemoptysis, recent surgery, immobility,...
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Chapter Spotlight: Iowa
December 1, 2023
Every SHM chapter likes to focus on the so-called big-tent philosophy, the idea that a group’s success is enhanced by having members who aren’t just hospitalists, but who are in the hospital...
Lifting the Shade on Pediatric Acute Care Delirium—an Underrecognized Problem
November 1, 2023
Dr. Hadley Presenters: Nicholas Beam, MD, Jeri Kessenich, MD, Jillian Bybee, MD, and Brett Leingang, MD Delirium is underrecognized in the pediatric acute care spaces, both in the intensive care...
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Bridging the Gap: How Do You Interpret an Osmolal Gap?
- Jonathan McIntyre, MD;
- Joseph A. Avalos, MD, FHM;
- Maryann T. Ally, MD, MPH, FHM;
- Stephen Antonucci, MD
November 1, 2023
Case A 53-year-old man with chronic kidney disease on hemodialysis presented with abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting. He drinks three to 12 beers daily and denied ingestion of toxic alcohol. Labs...
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Scholarship: Through a DEI Lens
November 1, 2023
Dr. Potts Presenters: Kristina Nazareth-Pidgeon, MD, Michelle White, MD, MPH, Victoria Parente, MD, Mikelle Key-Solle, MD, and Abby Nerlinger, MD, MPH Equity is a pillar of quality health care...
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Pediatric Update: Top 10 Articles of 2022
- Andrea Lauffer, MD;
- Anna Kushnir, MD
July 5, 2023
In 2022, a New York Times headline declared, “Saving kids is bad business in America.”1 Pediatric hospitalists were faced with an unprecedented winter surge due to the “tripledemic” of...