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New guidance for inpatient opioid prescribing
- Kari Oakes
April 9, 2018
The SHM consensus statement advocates the lowest effective dose for the shortest duration possible.
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A public health approach to gun violence
- Kelly April Tyrrell
March 30, 2018
Addressing gun violence as a public health concern is not a distraction from other important public health issues.
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Here are the ‘must-see’ sessions at HM18
- Michele G. Sullivan
March 1, 2018
New tracks on managing alternative providers, palliative care offered.
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How should electrolyte abnormalities be managed in patients with chronic kidney disease?
- And Archna Eniasivam, MD;
- Sarah Apgar, MD;
- Sneha Daya, MD
February 27, 2018
Electrolyte abnormalities in CKD are numerous and have multiple adverse clinical outcomes.
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Consent and DNR orders
- S.Y. Tan, MD, JD
February 14, 2018
Where have the courts set the lines over the issue of consent surrounding decisions to withhold CPR?
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Beware the COPD exacerbation
- Douglas S. Paauw, MD
January 23, 2018
If a COPD patient has all the classic symptoms of an exacerbation, are there still other diagnoses to consider?
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Choosing location after discharge wisely
- MHM;
- Win Whitcomb, MD
January 3, 2018
With a principal focus on hospital length of stay, we have prioritized when patients are ready to leave over where they go after they leave.
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Using post-acute and long-term care quality report cards
- And Jeffrey Newman, MD, MPH;
- Charlene Harrington, PhD, RN;
- Leslie Ross, PhD
December 7, 2017
Hospitalists and discharge planners should engage and assist patients, families, and caregivers in the decision making process.
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Underlying peripheral arterial or venous disease in patients with lower extremity SSTIs
- Anjali A. Nigalaye, MD;
- Eve R. Merrill, MD
December 5, 2017
Hospitalists are in a unique position to identify patients with underlying peripheral arterial and venous disease when they are admitted for lower extremity skin and soft tissue infections.
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Improving the risk assessment of patients with acute pulmonary embolism
- Michael L. Scharf, MD, FCCP
November 21, 2017
Hospital-based physicians inadequately assess for severity of pulmonary embolism in patients and fail to ask for consultations from specialists.