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Month: September 2010

Proton-Pump Inhibitors Are Associated With Increased Cardiovascular Risk Independent of Clopidogrel Use: A Nationwide Cohort Study.

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Posted on September 22, 2010

Effect of Metformin on Mortality in Patients With Heart Failure and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.

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Posted on September 22, 2010

Antibiotic prophylaxis for cirrhotic patients with upper gastrointestinal bleeding.

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Posted on September 22, 2010

Corticosteroids for acute bacterial meningitis.

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Posted on September 22, 2010

Interventions to improve hand hygiene compliance in patient care.

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Posted on September 21, 2010

Emergency Department Visits Among Recipients of Chronic Opioid Therapy.

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Posted on September 21, 2010

Risk of Bleeding With Single, Dual, or Triple Therapy With Warfarin, Aspirin, and Clopidogrel in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation.

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Posted on September 21, 2010

A Population-Based Study of Inferior Vena Cava Filters in Patients With Acute Venous Thromboembolism.

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Posted on September 21, 2010

Red cell transfusion for the management of upper gastrointestinal haemorrhage.

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Posted on September 21, 2010

Does ambulation modify venous thromboembolism risk in acutely ill medical patients?

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Posted on September 21, 2010

Effect of Availability Bias and Reflective Reasoning on Diagnostic Accuracy Among Internal Medicine Residents.

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Posted on September 21, 2010

Outpatient Management of Patients following Pulmonary Embolism.

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Posted on September 21, 2010

Outcomes in Patients with Cardiovascular Implantable Electronic Devices and Bacteremia Due to Gram-Positive Cocci Other Than Staphylococcus aureus.

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Posted on September 21, 2010

Treatment of Systolic Heart Failure in the Elderly: An Evidence-Based Review (October) (CE).

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Posted on September 21, 2010

Association of Third-Year Medical Students’ First Clerkship With Overall Clerkship Performance and Examination Scores.

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Posted on September 21, 2010

Treatment of acute cough/lower respiratory tract infection by antibiotic class and associated outcomes: a 13 European country observational study in primary care.

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Posted on September 21, 2010

Severity of illness scoring systems in the intensive care unit.

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Posted on September 21, 2010

Twenty-four-hour observational study of hospital hand hygiene compliance.

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Posted on September 21, 2010

The inter-rater reliability of the Pulmonary Embolism Severity Index.

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Posted on September 21, 2010

A Prospective Comparison of Cardiac Imaging Using Intracardiac Echocardiography with TransEsophageal Echocardiography in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation: The Intra-Cardiac Echocardiography Guided Cardioversion Helps Interventional Procedures (ICE-CHIP) Study.

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Posted on September 21, 2010

High-dose daptomycin in documented Staphylococcus aureus infections.

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Posted on September 19, 2010

Mitiglinide: A Novel Agent for the Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (October) (CE).

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Posted on September 18, 2010

Relation of elevated plasma Renin activity at baseline to cardiac events in patients with angiographically proven coronary artery disease.

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Posted on September 18, 2010

Nonagenarian surgical admissions for the acute abdomen: who benefits?

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Posted on September 18, 2010

Usefulness of primary angioplasty in nonagenarians with acute myocardial infarction.

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Posted on September 18, 2010

Adherance to protocol during the acute management of diabetic ketoacidosis: would specialist involvement lead to better outcomes?

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Posted on September 18, 2010

Automated drug dispensing system reduces medication errors in an intensive care setting.

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Posted on September 18, 2010

FDA’s Recommendations on the Use of Long-Acting {beta}2 Agonists in the Management of Asthma (October).

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Posted on September 18, 2010

Skin and Soft-Tissue Infections Requiring Hospitalization at an Academic Medical Center: Opportunities for Antimicrobial Stewardship.

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Posted on September 18, 2010

Stress Ulcer Prophylaxis: Reducing Non-Indicated Prescribing After Hospital Discharge(October).

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Posted on September 18, 2010

Influence of transfer-in rates on quality of care and outcomes at receiving hospitals in patients with non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction.

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Posted on September 18, 2010

Telavancin activity against Gram-positive bacteria isolated from respiratory tract specimens of patients with nosocomial pneumonia.

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Posted on September 18, 2010

International recommendations for glucose control in adult non diabetic critically ill patients.

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Posted on September 17, 2010

Is there a role for revascularisation in asymptomatic carotid stenosis? Yes.

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Posted on September 17, 2010

Is there a role for revascularisation in asymptomatic carotid stenosis? No.

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Posted on September 17, 2010

Diagnosis and management of interstitial pneumonitis associated with interferon therapy for chronic hepatitis C.

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Posted on September 17, 2010

The Safety of Tiotropium – The FDA’s Conclusions.

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Posted on September 17, 2010

Neuromuscular Blockers in Early Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome.

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Posted on September 17, 2010

Susceptibility to Exacerbation in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.

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Posted on September 17, 2010

Frequent Exacerbations of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease – A Distinct Phenotype?

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Posted on September 17, 2010

Perspectives on Withdrawing Pacemaker and Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Therapies at End of Life: Results of a Survey of Medical and Legal Professionals and Patients.

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Posted on September 17, 2010

Low Allergenic Potential With Fondaparinux: Results of a Prospective Investigation.

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Posted on September 17, 2010

Temporal trend of in-hospital major bleeding among patients with non ST-elevation acute coronary syndromes.

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Posted on September 14, 2010

Electronic Medical Records: A Practitioner’s Perspective on Evaluation and Implementation.

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Posted on September 14, 2010

Electronic Medical Records: A Practitioner’s Perspective on Evaluation and Implementation.

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Posted on September 14, 2010

β-Blocker use following myocardial infarction: Low prevalence of evidence-based dosing.

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Posted on September 14, 2010

A severity scoring system for risk assessment of patients with cardiogenic shock: A report from the SHOCK Trial and Registry.

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Posted on September 14, 2010

Interventions for cough in cancer.

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Posted on September 14, 2010

Factors associated with severe disease in hospitalised adults with pandemic (H1N1) 2009 in Spain.

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Posted on September 14, 2010

Usefulness of N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic Peptide to predict postoperative cardiac complications and long-term mortality after emergency lower limb orthopedic surgery.

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Posted on September 14, 2010

Antiphospholipid syndrome.

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Posted on September 14, 2010

Formoterol versus short-acting beta-agonists as relief medication for adults and children with asthma.

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Posted on September 14, 2010

Predictors of 90-day readmission among patients with acute severe hypertension. The cross-sectional observational Studying the Treatment of Acute hyperTension (STAT) study.

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Posted on September 14, 2010

Significant Reduction of Laboratory Specimen Labeling Errors by Implementation of an Electronic Ordering System Paired With a Bar-Code Specimen Labeling Process.

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Posted on September 13, 2010

Clinical correlates of arterial lactate levels in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction at admission: a descriptive study.

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Posted on September 13, 2010

Impact of different empirical antibiotic treatment regimens for community-acquired pneumonia on the emergence of Clostridium difficile.

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Posted on September 13, 2010

Coronary stents: current status.

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Posted on September 11, 2010

Evidence of Pre-Procedural Statin Therapy A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Trials.

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Posted on September 11, 2010

New molecular and surrogate biomarker-based tests in the diagnosis of bacterial and fungal infection in febrile neutropenic patients.

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Posted on September 11, 2010

Non-tuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) infection as a cause of difficult-to-control asthma: a case control study.

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Posted on September 11, 2010

Systemic Loxoscelism in the Age of Community-Acquired Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus.

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Posted on September 8, 2010

Comparison of Incidence of Bloodstream Infection with Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus between England and United States, 2006-2007.

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Posted on September 8, 2010

Factors Associated with the Occurrence of Hearing Loss after Pneumococcal Meningitis.

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Posted on September 8, 2010

Emergency Treatment of Asthma.

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Posted on September 8, 2010

Transverse Myelitis.

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Posted on September 8, 2010

Dose Comparisons of Clopidogrel and Aspirin in Acute Coronary Syndromes.

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Posted on September 8, 2010

Calcium Kidney Stones.

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Posted on September 8, 2010

Effect of palliative oxygen versus room air in relief of breathlessness in patients with refractory dyspnoea: a double-blind, randomised controlled trial.

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Posted on September 8, 2010

Asthma in older adults.

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Posted on September 8, 2010

Age still matters: Prognosticating short- and long-term mortality for critically ill patients with pneumonia.

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Posted on September 8, 2010

New rules call for more oversight, fewer hours for first-year residents.

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Posted on September 4, 2010

National survey of the current provision of specialist palliative care services for patients with end-stage renal disease.

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Posted on September 4, 2010

Staphylococcus aureus: methicillin-susceptible S. aureus to methicillin-resistant S. aureus and vancomycin-resistant S. aureus.

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Posted on September 4, 2010

Serious infections caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.

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Posted on September 4, 2010

Outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy today.

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Posted on September 4, 2010

Update and overview of outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy regulations and reimbursement.

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Posted on September 4, 2010

Telemedicine: the future of outpatient therapy?

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Posted on September 4, 2010

Central nervous system infections as a cause of an altered mental status? What is the pathogen growing in your central nervous system?

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Posted on September 4, 2010

Comparing Quantitative Culture of a Blood Sample Obtained through the Catheter with Differential Time to Positivity in Establishing a Diagnosis of Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infection.

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Posted on September 4, 2010

The US Medicare policy of not reimbursing hospital-acquired conditions: what impact would such a policy have in Victorian hospitals?

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Posted on September 3, 2010

Preprinted Standardized Orders Promote Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis Compared With Traditional Handwritten Orders: An Endorsement of Standardized Evidence-Based Practice.

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Posted on September 3, 2010

Hospitalist to home: outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy at an academic center.

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Posted on September 3, 2010

Prevalence, Characteristics, and Outcomes of Patients Presenting With Cardiogenic Unilateral Pulmonary Edema.

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Posted on September 3, 2010

A more aggressive approach to emergency embolectomy for acute pulmonary embolism.

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Posted on September 3, 2010

Why many patients shouldn’t be in hospital.

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Posted on September 3, 2010

Paraneoplastic syndromes: an approach to diagnosis and treatment.

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Posted on September 3, 2010

Tonapofylline: a selective adenosine-1 receptor antagonist for the treatment of heart failure.

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Posted on September 3, 2010

Low-Dose vs Standard-Dose Unfractionated Heparin for Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Acute Coronary Syndromes Treated With Fondaparinux: The FUTURA/OASIS-8 Randomized Trial.

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Posted on September 2, 2010

Anemia and blood transfusion and outcome on the intensive care unit.

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Posted on September 2, 2010

EFNS guideline on the management of status epilepticus in adults.

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Posted on September 2, 2010

Inpatient length of stay: a finite mixture modeling analysis.

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Posted on September 2, 2010

Intensive glucose control in the management of diabetes mellitus and inpatient hyperglycemia.

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Posted on September 2, 2010

[Hospital medicine]

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Posted on September 2, 2010

Management of patients undergoing anticoagulant treatment. Results from a large, multicentre, prospective, case-control study.

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Posted on September 2, 2010

ESWL for difficult bile duct stones: A 15-year single centre experience.

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Posted on September 2, 2010

Incidental venous thromboembolism in ambulatory cancer patients receiving chemotherapy.

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Posted on September 2, 2010

Heart rate as a risk factor in chronic heart failure (SHIFT): the association between heart rate and outcomes in a randomised placebo-controlled trial.

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Posted on September 2, 2010

Ivabradine and outcomes in chronic heart failure (SHIFT): a randomised placebo-controlled study.

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Posted on September 2, 2010

Emerging antithrombotic agents: what does the intensivist need to know?

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Posted on September 2, 2010

Interleukin family member ST2 and mortality in acute dyspnoea.

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Posted on September 2, 2010

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