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Apixaban Has Lower Risk of Bleeding Than Warfarin in ESKD
June 1, 2023
Dr. Leiner Clinical question: In patients with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) and venous thromboembolism (VTE), does apixaban have a lower bleeding risk and VTE recurrence than...
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Chapter Spotlight: North Jersey
April 3, 2023
North Jersey, which represents the area between the upper Delaware River and the Atlantic Ocean, is considered part of the greater New York City metropolitan area; it has a higher population compared...
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The Rewards of Getting Involved
March 24, 2023
The Hospitalist‘s editorial advisory board is a volunteer group of SHM members who share their time, experience, insight, and ideas to ensure we're publishing relevant, interesting, and educational...
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FAST Program Implementation Guide Success
February 1, 2023
Jefferson Antithrombotic Therapy Team. Front row L to R: Photi Galanis, MD, Julia Westfield, Heather Yenser, CRNP. Back row L to R: Lynda Thomson, PharmD, Dina Orapallo, CRNP, Geno Merli, MD, Tony...
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Is VBG an Alternative to the Troublesome ABG?
- Malavika Kapuria MD;
- Sherri Bogard MD;
- Stacey Watkins, MD, PhD
November 1, 2022
Case A 70-year-old man with hypertension and insulin-dependent type 2 diabetes mellitus initially presented for evaluation of left hip pain after sustaining a mechanical fall and was found to have a...
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The Role of Interferon-gamma Release Assay in Diagnosing Latent and Active Tuberculosis in Adults
- Amiran Baduashvili, MD;
- Lakshmi Chauhan, MD;
- Leela Chockalingam, MD
September 1, 2022
Case: A 41-year-old man with a new diagnosis of Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (HIV/AIDS) (CD4 count <200 cells/mm3) presents to his primary care physician’s...
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Pediatric Update: Top 10 Articles of 2021
- Matthew Shapiro, MD, MS, FAAP;
- Shuvani Sanyal, MD
July 1, 2022
Presenters and Summary authors: Matthew Shapiro, MD, MS, FAAP, Shuvani Sanyal, MD Dr. Sanyal Dr. Shapiro As pediatric hospitalists, our organ is the hospital. We care for a wide variety of...
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New HHS Guidance for Increasing Number of Buprenorphine Clinicians Who Can Treat OUD
- Anita Silwal MS MA;
- Anna Maria South MD;
- Cindy P. Thomas PhD;
- Jeffery Talbert PhD;
- Laura C. Fanucchi, MD;
- Michelle R. Lofwall MD DFAPA DFASAM;
- Robert M. Bohler MPH MA
June 1, 2022
Does your state allow it? The ongoing opioid epidemic The U.S. hit a grim milestone of more than 100,000 drug overdose deaths,1 most opioid-involved, in the 12 months ending April 2021. This...
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Interpretation of the Urine Drug Screen
- Elizabeth Gillespie MD;
- John M. Cunningham, MD;
- Kimberly A. Indovina MD
May 2, 2022
Dr. Cunningham Case A 40-year-old male with depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, and chronic pain presents with somnolence and a respiratory rate of 10 breaths per minute that responded to...
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A different kind of leadership rounds
- Chris Moriates, MD;
- Elizabeth Schulwolf MD;
- F. Parker Hudson MD;
- Kirsten Nieto MD;
- Lysbeth Miller MD;
- Michael Pignone MD;
- Read Pierce MD
January 7, 2022
In the early 2000s, the Institute for Healthcare Improvement helped popularize the idea of Leadership WalkRounds, encouraging health care leaders to regularly visit frontline clinical units to hear...