Identification of a Novel Antibody Associated with Autoimmune Pancreatitis. Categories: Posted on November 28, 2009
Residents’ and Attending Physicians’ Handoffs: A Systematic Review of the Literature. Categories: Posted on November 28, 2009
“Renters” or “Owners”? Residents’ Perceptions and Behaviors Regarding Error Reduction in Teaching Hospitals: A Literature Review. Categories: Posted on November 28, 2009
Perspective: Autonomic Care Systems for Hospitalized Patients. Categories: Posted on November 28, 2009
Observation and Measurement of Hand Hygiene and Patient Identification Improve Compliance With Patient Safety Practices. Categories: Posted on November 28, 2009
Restructuring Within an Academic Health Center to Support Quality and Safety: The Development of the Center for Quality and Safety at the Massachusetts General Hospital. Categories: Posted on November 28, 2009
Understanding and Improving Inpatient Mortality in Academic Medical Centers. Categories: Posted on November 28, 2009
Commentary: “Who Was Caring for Mary?” Revisited: A Call for All Academic Physicians Caring for Patients to Focus on Systems and Quality Improvement. Categories: Posted on November 28, 2009
Hospital Computing and the Costs and Quality of Care: A National Study. Categories: Posted on November 28, 2009
Is it possible to safely administer early a loading dose of clopidogrel before coronary angiography to patients who are candidates for percutaneous coronary intervention? Categories: Posted on November 28, 2009
Are natriuretic peptides a reliable marker for mortality in ESRD patients? Categories: Posted on November 28, 2009
Resident and RN perceptions of the impact of a medical emergency team on education and patient safety in an academic medical center. Categories: Posted on November 28, 2009
The use of antiviral agents for the management of severe influenza. Categories: Posted on November 28, 2009
H1N1 novel influenza A in pregnant and immunocompromised patients. Categories: Posted on November 28, 2009
Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis: A severe complication of liver cirrhosis. Categories: Posted on November 28, 2009
‘Bare below the elbows’ and quality of hand washing: a randomised comparison study. Categories: Posted on November 28, 2009
BNP Testing and the Accuracy of Heart Failure Diagnosis in the Emergency Department. Categories: Posted on November 28, 2009
Biphasic insulin aspart in the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus. Categories: Posted on November 28, 2009
A randomised controlled comparison of early post-pyloric versus early gastric feeding to meet nutritional targets in ventilated intensive care patients. Categories: Posted on November 27, 2009
Pulmonary artery catheters in acute heart failure: end of an era? Categories: Posted on November 27, 2009
Daptomycin Versus Other Antimicrobial Agents for the Treatment of Skin and Soft Tissue Infections: A Meta-Analysis(January). Categories: Posted on November 26, 2009
Persistence of Skin Contamination and Environmental Shedding of Clostridium difficile during and after Treatment of C. difficile Infection. Categories: Posted on November 26, 2009
Clinical findings and demographic factors associated with intensive care unit admission in Utah due to 2009 novel influenza A (H1N1) infection. Categories: Posted on November 26, 2009
Venous thromboembolism prophylaxis and treatment in cancer: a consensus statement of major guidelines panels and call to action. Categories: Posted on November 24, 2009
Transesophageal Echocardiography Before Atrial Fibrillation Ablation Looking Before Cooking. Categories: Posted on November 24, 2009
Role of the CHADS(2) Score in the Evaluation of Thromboembolic Risk in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation Undergoing Transesophageal Echocardiography Before Pulmonary Vein Isolation. Categories: Posted on November 24, 2009
Appropriate Evaluation and Treatment of Heart Failure Patients After Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Discharge Time to Go Beyond the Initial Shock. Categories: Posted on November 24, 2009
Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Therapy After Acute Myocardial Infarction The Results Are Not Shocking. Categories: Posted on November 24, 2009
2009 ACCF/AHA Focused Update on Perioperative Beta Blockade Incorporated Into the ACC/AHA 2007 Guidelines on Perioperative Cardiovascular Evaluation and Care for Noncardiac Surgery. Categories: Posted on November 24, 2009
Hemodynamic impact of a positive end-expiratory pressure setting in acute respiratory distress syndrome: Importance of the volume status* Categories: Posted on November 24, 2009
Reduction of blood pressure in patients with treatment-resistant hypertension. Categories: Posted on November 24, 2009
VIROLOGICAL DIAGNOSIS OF RESPIRATORY VIRUS INFECTION IN PATIENTS ATTENDING AN EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT DURING THE INFLUENZA SEASON. Categories: Posted on November 24, 2009
Positive Deviance: A New Strategy for Improving Hand Hygiene Compliance. Categories: Posted on November 24, 2009
Risk of pneumonia associated with long-term use of inhaled corticosteroids in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a critical review and update. Categories: Posted on November 21, 2009
2009 Focused Updates: ACC/AHA Guidelines for the Management of Patients With ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction (Updating the 2004 Guideline and 2007 Focused Update) and ACC/AHA/SCAI Guidelines on Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (Updating the 2005 Guideline and 2007 Focused Update). A Report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines. Categories: Posted on November 20, 2009
Contrast-induced nephropathy after intravenous administration: fact or fiction? Categories: Posted on November 19, 2009
Nadroparin for the prevention of thromboembolic events in ambulatory patients with metastatic or locally advanced solid cancer receiving chemotherapy: a randomised, placebo-controlled, double-blind study. Categories: Posted on November 19, 2009
A stepwise approach to management of stable COPD with inhaled pharmacotherapy: a review. Categories: Posted on November 19, 2009
Combination immunomodulator and antibiotic treatment in patients with inflammatory bowel disease and clostridium difficile infection. Categories: Posted on November 19, 2009
Systematic review: safety and efficacy of extended-duration antiviral chemoprophylaxis against pandemic and seasonal influenza. Categories: Posted on November 19, 2009
Percutaneous mechanical thrombectomy combined with catheter-directed thrombolysis in the treatment of symptomatic lower extremity deep venous thrombosis. Categories: Posted on November 19, 2009
Hospitalists as Emerging Leaders in Patient Safety: Lessons Learned and Future Directions. Categories: Posted on November 19, 2009
Association of Blood Pressure at Hospital Discharge With Mortality in Patients Diagnosed With Heart Failure. Categories: Posted on November 19, 2009
Prognosis in Heart Failure and the Value of {beta}-Blockers Are Altered by the Use of Antidepressants and Depend on the Type of Antidepressants Used. Categories: Posted on November 19, 2009
A Computerized Handheld Decision-Support System to Improve Pulmonary Embolism Diagnosis: A Randomized Trial. Categories: Posted on November 19, 2009
Advanced Heart Failure Treated with Continuous-Flow Left Ventricular Assist Device. Categories: Posted on November 19, 2009
Propylene Glycol Accumulation in Critically Ill Patients Receiving Continuous Intravenous Lorazepam Infusions(December). Categories: Posted on November 19, 2009
Does Simvastatin Cause More Myotoxicity Compared with Other Statins? (December). Categories: Posted on November 19, 2009
Seasonal, Avian, and Novel H1N1 Influenza: Prevention and Treatment Modalities (December). Categories: Posted on November 19, 2009
Does This Patient With Palpitations Have a Cardiac Arrhythmia? Categories: Posted on November 19, 2009
A randomized, controlled clinical trial of ketoprofen for sickle-cell disease vaso-occlusive crises in adults. Categories: Posted on November 18, 2009
Impact of Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator, Amiodarone, and Placebo on the Mode of Death in Stable Patients With Heart Failure. Analysis From the Sudden Cardiac Death in Heart Failure Trial. Categories: Posted on November 18, 2009
B-Type Natriuretic Peptides and Cardiovascular Risk. Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of 40 Prospective Studies. Categories: Posted on November 18, 2009
Long-Term Outcome Associated with Early Repolarization on Electrocardiography. Categories: Posted on November 18, 2009
Combined use of pretest clinical probability score and latex agglutination D-dimer testing for excluding acute deep vein thrombosis. Categories: Posted on November 17, 2009
Estimated GFR reporting is not sufficient to allow detection of chronic kidney disease in an Italian regional hospital. Categories: Posted on November 17, 2009
Glycaemic control in hospitalised diabetic patients at the University Hospital Basel in 2002 and in 2005. Categories: Posted on November 17, 2009
Patient outcomes after implementation of a protocol for inpatient insulin pump therapy. Categories: Posted on November 17, 2009
Protein-calorie malnutrition as a prognostic indicator of mortality among patients hospitalized with cirrhosis and portal hypertension. Categories: Posted on November 17, 2009
Underutilisation of cardiovascular medications among at-risk individuals. Categories: Posted on November 17, 2009
Health Care-Associated Bloodstream Infections Associated with Negative- or Positive-Pressure or Displacement Mechanical Valve Needleless Connectors. Categories: Posted on November 17, 2009
Clinical Effectiveness of Oseltamivir and Zanamivir for Treatment of Influenza A Virus Subtype H1N1 with the H274Y Mutation: A Japanese, Multicenter Study of the 2007-2008 and 2008-2009 Influenza Seasons. Categories: Posted on November 17, 2009
Diagnosis of Acute Pulmonary Histoplasmosis by Antigen Detection. Categories: Posted on November 17, 2009
Notes from the Field: Outbreak of 2009 Pandemic Influenza A (H1N1) Virus at a Large Public University in Delaware, April-May 2009. Categories: Posted on November 17, 2009
Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections in Limited-Resource Countries: A Review of the Literature. Categories: Posted on November 17, 2009
The HCAP Gap: Differences between Self-Reported Practice Patterns and Published Guidelines for Health Care-Associated Pneumonia. Categories: Posted on November 17, 2009
A proposed algorithm for initiation of renal replacement therapy in adult critically ill patients. Categories: Posted on November 17, 2009
Swine flu: provision of ventilation in a worst-case scenario. Categories: Posted on November 17, 2009
Can changes in clinical attire reduce likelihood of cross-infection without jeopardising the doctor-patient relationship? Categories: Posted on November 17, 2009
2008 SOR guidelines for the prevention and treatment of thrombosis associated with central venous catheters in patients with cancer: report from the working group. Categories: Posted on November 12, 2009
Clinical effectiveness of oseltamivir for influenza A(H1N1) virus with H274Y neuraminidase mutation. Categories: Posted on November 12, 2009
Emergence of oseltamivir-resistant influenza A H1N1 virus during the 2007-2008 winter season in Luxembourg: clinical characteristics and epidemiology. Categories: Posted on November 12, 2009
The first pandemic of the 21st century: a review of the 2009 pandemic variant influenza A (H1N1) virus. Categories: Posted on November 12, 2009
Ruling out novel H1N1 influenza virus infection with direct fluorescent antigen testing. Categories: Posted on November 12, 2009
Epidemiology of fatal cases associated with pandemic H1N1 influenza 2009. Categories: Posted on November 12, 2009
Pandemic influenza A(H1N1)v in New Zealand: the experience from April to August 2009. Categories: Posted on November 12, 2009
Prone Positioning in Patients With Moderate and Severe Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Categories: Posted on November 12, 2009
Feasibility of combined treatment with enalapril and candesartan in advanced chronic kidney disease. Categories: Posted on November 12, 2009
Impact of renin-angiotensin-aldosterone blockade by angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors or AT-1 blockers on frequency of contrast medium-induced nephropathy: a post-hoc analysis from the Dialysis-versus-Diuresis (DVD) trial. Categories: Posted on November 12, 2009
Recent National Trends in Readmission Rates after Heart Failure Hospitalization. Categories: Posted on November 12, 2009
Linezolid versus vancomycin for the treatment of Gram-positive bacterial infections: meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials. Categories: Posted on November 12, 2009