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NSAIDS May Increase Kidney Risks with High Blood Pressure
July 30, 2015
(Reuters Health) - Patients with hypertension who regularly take non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) may increase their risk of developing chronic kidney disease, a study from Taiwan suggests. The researchers examined data on more than 30,000 people with hypertension and
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PHM15: Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) Management in Febrile Infants
July 30, 2015
Drs. Pate and Engel presented a hot topic in pediatric hospital medicine, sparking fruitful conversation about current evidence, identified gaps, and controversies regarding the management of febrile infants with urinary tract infections.
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10 Tips for Hospitalists to Achieve an Effective Medical Consult
July 29, 2015
A medical consult is an amazing way to learn. Consultation challenges us to practice our best medicine while also exposing us to innovations in other specialties. It can forge new and productive relationships with physicians from all specialties.
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New Bill Hopes to Increase Residency Medicare Slots after Two Previous Bills Failed
July 29, 2015
The new version again seeks to increase Medicare residency slots by 15,000 over five years, while attempting to identify physician shortage specialties and increase the workforce diversity. Two federal bills introduced in 2013, the Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act and the Training Tomorr
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Hospitalist Hopes to Build Website Featuring Stories about Delivering Babies in the 1950s
July 29, 2015
[caption id="attachment_10728" align="alignright" width="275"] A film crew captures Drs. Crystal and Johnson chatting between deliveries at Santa Clara (Calif.) Valley Hospital. Photo courtesy of Dr.
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Most Important Elements of End-of-Life Care
July 29, 2015
[caption id="attachment_10755" align="alignright" width="275"] Image Credit: SHUTTERSTOCK.COM[/caption] An Australian team conducted a literature review of expected deaths in the hospital—where the majority of deaths in the developed world occur—and identified elements of end-of-life care that ar
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Highest-Volume Hospitals Linked with Lower Risk for Some Procedures
July 29, 2015
An estimated 11,000 deaths could have been prevented between 2010 and 2012, if patients who went to the U.S. hospitals with the lowest patient volumes for five common procedures and conditions had gone instead to the highest-volume hospitals, according to analysis presented in U.S.
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Clinical Variables Predict Debridement Failure in Septic Arthritis
July 29, 2015
Clinical question: What risk factors predict septic arthritis surgical debridement failure? Background: Standard treatment of septic arthritis is debridement and antibiotics. Unfortunately, 23%-48% of patients fail single debridement.
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Prednisolone or Pentoxifylline Show No Mortality Benefit in Alcoholic Hepatitis
July 29, 2015
Clinical question: Does administration of prednisolone or pentoxifylline reduce mortality in patients hospitalized with severe alcoholic hepatitis? Background: Alcoholic hepatitis is associated with high mortality.
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Corticosteroids Show Benefit in Community-Acquired Pneumonia
July 29, 2015
Joshua LaBrin, MD, SFHM, Kencee Graves, MD, Karli Edholm, MD, Devin Horton, MD, and Katie Lappe, MD; Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City
