Treatment of hypertension in patients 80 years and older: the lower the better? A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Categories: Posted on December 31, 2010
Foley catheter practices and knowledge among Minnesota physicians. Categories: Posted on December 31, 2010
Role of ultrasonography in the diagnosis of temporal arteritis. Categories: Posted on December 31, 2010
Early fluid resuscitation in sepsis: evidence and perspectives. Categories: Posted on December 31, 2010
Utility of daily diuretic orders for identifying acute decompensated heart failure patients for quality improvement. Categories: Posted on December 31, 2010
Sticker reminders improve thromboprophylaxis appropriateness in hospitalized patients. Categories: Posted on December 31, 2010
Clinical characteristics and outcome of inpatients versus outpatients with venous thromboembolism: findings from the RIETE Registry. Categories: Posted on December 31, 2010
Optimizing inpatient glycemic control with basal-bolus insulin therapy. Categories: Posted on December 31, 2010
Commentary: lowly interns, more is merrier, and the casablanca strategy. Categories: Posted on December 31, 2010
Balamuthia mandrillaris infection of the skin and central nervous system: an emerging disease of concern to many specialties in medicine. Categories: Posted on December 31, 2010
Sleep deprivation, elective surgical procedures, and informed consent. Categories: Posted on December 31, 2010
Octreotide for Symptomatic Treatment of Diarrhea due to Cytomegalovirus Colitis (January). Categories: Posted on December 30, 2010
Long-Term Follow-Up of Patients With First-Time Chest Pain Having 64-Slice Computed Tomography. Categories: Posted on December 29, 2010
An Early and Simple Predictor of Severe Left Main and/or Three-Vessel Disease in Patients With Non-ST-Segment Elevation Acute Coronary Syndrome. Categories: Posted on December 29, 2010
Meta-Analysis of B-Type Natriuretic Peptide’s Ability to Identify Stress Induced Myocardial Ischemia. Categories: Posted on December 29, 2010
Comparison of the Effectiveness and Safety of Low-Molecular Weight Heparin Versus Unfractionated Heparin Anticoagulation After Heart Valve Surgery. Categories: Posted on December 29, 2010
Relation of Bundle Branch Block to Long-Term (Four-Year) Mortality in Hospitalized Patients With Systolic Heart Failure. Categories: Posted on December 29, 2010
Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for Non ST-Elevation Acute Coronary Syndromes: Which, When and How? Categories: Posted on December 29, 2010
Warfarin Use and Outcomes in Patients With Advanced Chronic Systolic Heart Failure Without Atrial Fibrillation, Prior Thromboembolic Events, or Prosthetic Valves. Categories: Posted on December 29, 2010
Activity of moxifloxacin against intracellular community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: comparison with clindamycin, linezolid and co-trimoxazole and attempt at defining an intracellular susceptibility breakpoint. Categories: Posted on December 29, 2010
Improving Practices in US Hospitals to Prevent Venous Thromboembolism: Lessons from ENDORSE. Categories: Posted on December 29, 2010
Levosimendan for resuscitating the microcirculation in patients with septic shock: a randomized controlled study. Categories: Posted on December 26, 2010
Race, Gender, and Age Differences in Heart Failure-Related Hospitalizations in a Southern State: Implications for Prevention. Categories: Posted on December 25, 2010
Variability in the Measurement of Hospital-wide Mortality Rates. Categories: Posted on December 25, 2010
Increasing vancomycin serum trough concentrations and incidence of nephrotoxicity. Categories: Posted on December 25, 2010
A Video-Intervention to Improve Clinician Attitudes Toward Patients with Sickle Cell Disease: The Results of a Randomized Experiment. Categories: Posted on December 25, 2010
American Society of Hematology/American Society of Clinical Oncology clinical practice guideline update on the use of epoetin and darbepoetin in adult patients with cancer. Categories: Posted on December 24, 2010
Central Nervous System Toxicity Associated with Ertapenem Use (January). Categories: Posted on December 24, 2010
Monitoring of plasma creatinine and urinary ?-glutamyl transpeptidase improves detection of acute kidney injury by more than 20% Categories: Posted on December 24, 2010
Proton pump inhibitors as a risk factor for recurrence of Clostridium-difficile-associated diarrhea. Categories: Posted on December 23, 2010
Reducing heart failure hospital readmissions from skilled nursing facilities. Categories: Posted on December 23, 2010
Trends in mortality and medical spending in patients hospitalized for community-acquired pneumonia: 1993-2005. Categories: Posted on December 23, 2010
In-hospital cardiac arrest: is it time for an in-hospital ‘chain of prevention’? Categories: Posted on December 23, 2010
Almost Internists: Analysis of Students Who Considered Internal Medicine but Chose Other Fields. Categories: Posted on December 23, 2010
Intra-hospital transfers to a higher level of care: Contribution to total hospital and intensive care unit (ICU) mortality and length of stay (LOS). Categories: Posted on December 23, 2010
Norovirus in the hospital setting: virus introduction and spread within the hospital environment. Categories: Posted on December 23, 2010
Candida bloodstream infections in intensive care units: Analysis of the extended prevalence of infection in a intensive care unit study. Categories: Posted on December 23, 2010
Implementation of a real-time computerized sepsis alert in nonintensive care unit patients. Categories: Posted on December 23, 2010
Sedation, delirium and mechanical ventilation: the ‘ABCDE’ approach. Categories: Posted on December 23, 2010
A prospective study of an aggressive warfarin dosing algorithm to reach and maintain INR 2 to 3 after heart valve surgery. Categories: Posted on December 23, 2010
Meta-analysis: Statin Therapy Does Not Alter the Association Between Low Levels of High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol and Increased Cardiovascular Risk. Categories: Posted on December 23, 2010
Systematic review: association of shift length, protected sleep time, and night float with patient care, residents’ health, and education. Categories: Posted on December 23, 2010
Prognostic value of sensitive troponin T in patients with stable and unstable angina and undetectable conventional troponin. Categories: Posted on December 23, 2010
2011 ACCF/AHA/HRS Focused Update on the Management of Patients With Atrial Fibrillation (Updating the 2006 Guideline): A Report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines. Categories: Posted on December 23, 2010
Falls in older hospital inpatients and the effect of cognitive impairment: a secondary analysis of prevalence studies. Categories: Posted on December 19, 2010
Dosing of Unfractionated Heparin in Obese Patients with Venous Thromboembolism. Categories: Posted on December 19, 2010
The selection of acute medical admissions for a short-stay unit. Categories: Posted on December 19, 2010
What can we learn from patient dissatisfaction? An analysis of dissatisfying events at an academic medical center. Categories: Posted on December 18, 2010
Assessing patient perceptions of hospitalist communication skills using the Communication Assessment Tool (CAT). Categories: Posted on December 18, 2010
EASL clinical practice guidelines on the management of ascites, spontaneous bacterial peritonitis, and hepatorenal syndrome in cirrhosis. Categories: Posted on December 18, 2010
Acute respiratory distress syndrome, mechanical ventilation, and right ventricular function. Categories: Posted on December 18, 2010
H1N1: viral pneumonia as a cause of acute respiratory distress syndrome. Categories: Posted on December 18, 2010
Hemodynamic monitoring in the mechanically ventilated patient. Categories: Posted on December 18, 2010
Acute respiratory distress syndrome and multiple organ failure. Categories: Posted on December 18, 2010
CURB-65 Pneumonia Severity Assessment Adapted for Electronic Decision Support. Categories: Posted on December 18, 2010
Meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA): screening and decolonisation. Categories: Posted on December 18, 2010
Does aminoglycoside therapy cause significant acute kidney injury in febrile neutropenia? Categories: Posted on December 18, 2010
Phantom vibration syndrome among medical staff: a cross sectional survey. Categories: Posted on December 17, 2010
Internal Medicine Comanagement of Surgical Patients: Can We Afford to Do This? Categories: Posted on December 17, 2010
Who Has Higher Readmission Rates for Heart Failure, and Why?: Implications for Efforts to Improve Care Using Financial Incentives. Categories: Posted on December 17, 2010
Home health, hospice patients need to have face-to-face encounter with physician: New Medicare rule Categories: Posted on December 17, 2010December 17, 2010
Novel Anticoagulants for Stroke Prevention in Atrial Fibrillation Current Clinical Evidence and Future Developments. Categories: Posted on December 16, 2010
Management of Chronic Heart Failure Guided by Individual N-Terminal Pro-B-Type Natriuretic Peptide Targets Results of the PRIMA (Can PRo-brain-natriuretic peptide guided therapy of chronic heart failure IMprove heart fAilure morbidity and mortality?) Study. Categories: Posted on December 16, 2010
Comparison of Invasive and Non-Invasive Treatment Strategies in Older Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction Complicated by Cardiogenic Shock (from the Polish Registry of Acute Coronary Syndromes – PL-ACS). Categories: Posted on December 16, 2010
The effect of systematic medication review in elderly patients admitted to an acute ward of internal medicine. Categories: Posted on December 16, 2010
Ultrasound-guided peripheral intravenous access in the intensive care unit. Categories: Posted on December 16, 2010
Time-consumption risk of real-time ultrasound-guided internal jugular vein cannulation in pediatric patients: comparison with two conventional techniques. Categories: Posted on December 16, 2010
Evaluation of unnecessary central venous catheters in critically ill patients: a prospective observational study. Categories: Posted on December 16, 2010
Asymptomatic paradoxical and symptomatic pulmonary air embolism during central venous catheter insertion. Categories: Posted on December 16, 2010
Bridging therapy and oral anticoagulation: current and future prospects. Categories: Posted on December 16, 2010
Management of pancreatic exocrine insufficiency: Australasian Pancreatic Club recommendations. Categories: Posted on December 16, 2010
Human albumin use at hospitals in the Metropolitan Region of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Categories: Posted on December 16, 2010
Safer use of antimicrobials in hospitals: the value of antimicrobial usage data. Categories: Posted on December 16, 2010
Does this older adult with lower extremity pain have the clinical syndrome of lumbar spinal stenosis? Categories: Posted on December 16, 2010
Benefit of combination ?-blocker and endoscopic treatment to prevent variceal rebleeding: A meta-analysis. Categories: Posted on December 16, 2010
Characteristics and Outcomes Among Heart Failure Patients With Anemia and Renal Insufficiency With and Without Blood Transfusions (Public Discharge Data from California 2000-2006). Categories: Posted on December 16, 2010
PPIs are not associated with a lower incidence of portal-hypertension-related bleeding in cirrhosis. Categories: Posted on December 15, 2010
Patient Perceptions of Computed Tomographic Imaging and Their Understanding of Radiation Risk and Exposure. Categories: Posted on December 15, 2010
Telavancin versus Vancomycin for Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia due to Gram-positive Pathogens. Categories: Posted on December 15, 2010
Temporal Changes in the Incidence and 30-Day Mortality associated with Bacteremia in Hospitalized Patients from 1992 through 2006: A Population-based Cohort Study. Categories: Posted on December 15, 2010
Not Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA)! A Clinician’s Guide to Community MRSA – Its Evolving Antimicrobial Resistance and Implications for Therapy. Categories: Posted on December 15, 2010
Doing the Dirty Work: Measuring and Optimizing Resident Workload. Categories: Posted on December 15, 2010