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Moving Out
October 1, 2005
What the future holds for thehospital discharge process
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Survey Time
October 1, 2005
Ensure your voice is heard in SHM’s 2005 Productivity and Compensation Survey
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A Case of Kidney Failure
October 1, 2005
An 84-year-old woman with history of coronary artery disease, hypertension, and hyperlipidemia presented with six months of anorexia, nausea, a five-pound weight loss, weakness, and nonbloody diarrhea.
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Added Value
October 1, 2005
Progressive hospitalists embrace new roles in the palliative care process
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Eye of the Storm
October 1, 2005
The Ochsner Hospital Program in New Orleans hunkered down for the duration of Hurricane Katrina. Here is their story.
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Infectious Arthritis of Native and Prosthetic Joints
September 2, 2005
Introduction Acute bacterial arthritis is a potentially serious and rapidly progressive infection that may involve native or prosthetic joints.
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Reducing Antimicrobial Resistance and Hospital-Associated Infections: The Role of the Hospitalist
September 2, 2005
While infections that develop during hospitalization may appear to be an uncommon but recognized risk of hospital care today, the incidence of these infections has been increasing dramatically during the last 2 to 3 decades, and the risk of acquiring an organism that is resistant to 1 or more antibi
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The Inpatient with AIDS: What the Hospitalist Needs to Know
September 2, 2005
The opinions and assertions contained herein are those of the authors and are not to be construed as official or as reflecting the views of the Department of Defense, the Department of the Navy, or the naval services at large. Introduction An estimated 850,000 to 950,000 persons in the United States
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Nosocomial Pneumonia
September 2, 2005
(This chapter has been reprinted with permission from Williams MV, Hayward R: Comprehensive Hospital Medicine, 1st edition. Philadelphia, WB Saunders, in press.) Background Nosocomial pneumonia (NP) is the leading cause of mortality among patients who die from hospital-acquired infections.
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The Epidemiology and Clinical Manifestations of Community-Acquired Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
September 2, 2005
A 65-year-old male with no significant past medical history, recently returned from a trip to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, presented with pain, swelling, and ulceration of his right lower leg. The symptoms had progressed despite oral amoxicillin/clavulanate.
