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Month: April 2011

Are journal clubs effective in supporting evidence-based decision making? A systematic review. BEME Guide No. 16.

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Posted on April 30, 2011

Personality factors and medical training: a review of the literature.

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Posted on April 30, 2011

Efficacy of Agents to Prevent and Treat Enteral Feeding Tube Clogs (May).

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Posted on April 30, 2011

Vancomycin-Induced Neutropenia: Is it Dose- or Duration-Related? (May).

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Posted on April 30, 2011

Role of {alpha}2-Agonists in the Treatment of Acute Alcohol Withdrawal (May).

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Posted on April 30, 2011

Hands-off time during insertion of six airway devices during cardiopulmonary resuscitation: A randomised manikin trial.

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Posted on April 30, 2011

The return of bedside rounds: an educational intervention.

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Posted on April 29, 2011

Toward safe hospital discharge: a transitions in care curriculum for medical students.

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Posted on April 29, 2011

Low mobility during hospitalization and functional decline in older adults.

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Posted on April 29, 2011

Effects of varying inpatient attending physician rotation length on medical students’ and attending physicians’ perceptions of teaching quality.

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Posted on April 29, 2011

Delirium in Older Emergency Department Patients Is an Independent Predictor of Hospital Length of Stay.

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Posted on April 29, 2011

Medical management of stable coronary artery disease.

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Posted on April 29, 2011

A randomized-controlled trial of computerized alerts to reduce unapproved medication abbreviation use.

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Posted on April 28, 2011

The use of central venous catheters for intravenous contrast injection for CT examinations.

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Posted on April 28, 2011

Understanding the potential role of statins in pneumonia and sepsis.

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Posted on April 28, 2011

The Outcome of Neutrophil Gelatinase-Associated Lipocalin-Positive Subclinical Acute Kidney Injury A Multicenter Pooled Analysis of Prospective Studies.

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Posted on April 27, 2011

Approach to acute abdominal pain.

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Posted on April 27, 2011

Imaging and laboratory testing in acute abdominal pain.

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Posted on April 27, 2011

Systemic causes of abdominal pain.

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Posted on April 27, 2011

Vomiting, diarrhea, constipation, and gastroenteritis.

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Posted on April 27, 2011

Gastrointestinal bleeding.

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Posted on April 27, 2011

Vascular abdominal emergencies.

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Posted on April 27, 2011

Gastric and esophageal emergencies.

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Posted on April 27, 2011

Emergencies of the liver, gallbladder, and pancreas.

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Posted on April 27, 2011

Bowel obstruction and hernia.

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Posted on April 27, 2011

Appendicitis, diverticulitis, and colitis.

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Posted on April 27, 2011

Abdominal pain in special populations.

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Posted on April 27, 2011

Acute abdominal pain in the older adult.

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Posted on April 27, 2011

Pitfalls in using serum C-reactive protein to predict bacteremia in febrile adults in the ED.

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Posted on April 27, 2011

The Financial Consequences of Lost Demand and Reducing Boarding in Hospital Emergency Departments.

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Posted on April 27, 2011

Impact of improving glove usage on the hand hygiene compliance.

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Posted on April 27, 2011

Current strategies for managing providers infected with bloodborne pathogens.

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Posted on April 27, 2011

Career satisfaction and burnout in academic hospital medicine.

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Posted on April 27, 2011

Vitamin D Insufficiency and Sepsis Severity in Emergency Department Patients With Suspected Infection.

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Posted on April 27, 2011

ACCF/AHA 2011 Expert Consensus Document on Hypertension in the Elderly: A Report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation Task Force on Clinical Expert Consensus Documents.

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Posted on April 27, 2011

Efficacy and safety of 30-minute infusions of conivaptan in euvolemic and hypervolemic hyponatremia.

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Posted on April 27, 2011

Candida bloodstream infections: comparison of species distribution and resistance to echinocandin and azole antifungal agents in Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and non-ICU settings in the SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program (2008-2009).

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Posted on April 27, 2011

Detection of antisynthetase syndrome in patients with idiopathic interstitial pneumonias.

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Posted on April 27, 2011

Evaluating Inpatient Glycemic Management: The Quality Hyperglycemia Score.

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Posted on April 25, 2011

Management of sepsis: a 47-year-old woman with an indwelling intravenous catheter and sepsis.

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Posted on April 23, 2011

Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt versus paracentesis plus albumin in patients with refractory ascites who have good hepatic and renal function: a prospective randomized trial.

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Posted on April 23, 2011

Ultrasound-guided catheterization of the radial artery: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

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Posted on April 23, 2011

Use of Neutrophil Count in Early Diagnosis and Risk Stratification of AMI.

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Posted on April 23, 2011

Candida urinary tract infections–diagnosis.

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Posted on April 23, 2011

Candida urinary tract infections–treatment.

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Posted on April 23, 2011

Strategies for reduction in duration of antibiotic use in hospitalized patients.

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Posted on April 23, 2011

Ceftaroline fosamil: a new broad-spectrum cephalosporin.

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Posted on April 23, 2011

Changing needs of community-acquired pneumonia.

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Posted on April 23, 2011

Comparative ceftaroline activity tested against pathogens associated with community-acquired pneumonia: results from an international surveillance study.

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Posted on April 23, 2011

Antimicrobial treatment of anaerobic infections.

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Posted on April 23, 2011

What is a fluid challenge?

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Posted on April 23, 2011

Hepatitis delta virus.

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Posted on April 23, 2011

Observational Study of Inhaled Corticosteroids on Outcomes for COPD Patients with Pneumonia.

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Posted on April 23, 2011

Response of unexplained chest pain to proton pump inhibitor treatment in patients with and without objective evidence of gastro-oesophageal reflux disease.

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Posted on April 23, 2011

Phase I/II Study of Transjugular Transhepatic Peritoneovenous Venous Shunt, a New Procedure to Manage Refractory Ascites in Cancer Patients: Japan Interventional Radiology in Oncology Study Group 0201.

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Posted on April 23, 2011

Does a Clinical Decision Rule Using D-Dimer Level Improve the Yield of Pulmonary CT Angiography?

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Posted on April 23, 2011

Incremental Value of CT Venography Combined With Pulmonary CT Angiography for the Detection of Thromboembolic Disease: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

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Posted on April 23, 2011

Multidetector-Row Computed Tomography-Based Clinical Assessment of Fondaparinux for Treatment of Acute Pulmonary Embolism and Acute Deep Vein Thrombosis in Japanese Patients.

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Posted on April 23, 2011

Reduced Resident “Code Blue” Experience in the Era of Quality Improvement: New Challenges in Physician Training.

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Posted on April 23, 2011

Inappropriate intravascular device use: a prospective study.

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Posted on April 23, 2011

Predisposing factors, disease progression and outcome in 430 prospectively followed patients of healthcare- and community-associated Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia.

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Posted on April 23, 2011

Randomized Head-to-Head Comparison of Pitavastatin, Atorvastatin, and Rosuvastatin for Safety and Efficacy (Quantity and Quality of LDL).

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Posted on April 21, 2011

Serum Uric Acid as an Independent and Incremental Prognostic Marker in Addition to N-Terminal Pro-B-Type Natriuretic Peptide in Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction.

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Posted on April 21, 2011

Documenting Rapid Response System afferent limb failure and associated patient outcomes.

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Posted on April 21, 2011

A prospective, multi center, randomized clinical study to compare the efficacy and safety of Ertapenem 3 days versus Ampicillin-Sulbactam 3 days in the treatment of localized community acquired intra-abdominal infections. (T.E.A. Study: Three days Ertapenem vs three days Ampicillin-Sulbactam).

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Posted on April 21, 2011

Systematic review: management options for primary sclerosing cholangitis and its variant forms – IgG4-associated cholangitis and overlap with autoimmune hepatitis.

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Posted on April 21, 2011

Impact of screening and identifying methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carriers on hand hygiene compliance in 4 intensive care units.

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Posted on April 21, 2011

Calcium supplements with or without vitamin D and risk of cardiovascular events: reanalysis of the Women’s Health Initiative limited access dataset and meta-analysis.

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Posted on April 21, 2011

Combining blockers of the renin-angiotensin system or increasing the dose of an angiotensin II receptor antagonist in proteinuric patients: a randomized triple-crossover study.

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Posted on April 21, 2011

Multidetector computed tomography for acute pulmonary embolism: diagnosis and risk stratification in a single test.

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Posted on April 21, 2011

New Challenges in the Diagnosis, Management, and Prevention of Central Venous Catheter-Related Infections.

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Posted on April 21, 2011

New Treatment Options for Infections Caused by Multiresistant Strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Other Nonfermenting Gram-Negative Bacilli.

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Posted on April 21, 2011

Rational Use of Antimicrobials in Patients with Severe Acute Pancreatitis.

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Posted on April 21, 2011

Value of the Serum Procalcitonin Level to Guide Antimicrobial Therapy for Patients with Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia.

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Posted on April 21, 2011

Reducing Mortality in Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock.

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Posted on April 21, 2011

Management of Myocardial Dysfunction in Severe Sepsis.

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Posted on April 21, 2011

Antibiotic Stewardship in the Intensive Care Unit.

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Posted on April 21, 2011

Telmisartan: A Review of its Use in Cardiovascular Disease Prevention.

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Posted on April 21, 2011

Lenograstim: A Review of its Use in Chemotherapy-Induced Neutropenia, for Acceleration of Neutrophil Recovery Following Haematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation and in Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Mobilization.

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Posted on April 21, 2011

Sitafloxacin: In Bacterial Infections.

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Posted on April 21, 2011

Fluoroquinolones in Community-Acquired Pneumonia: Guide to Selection and Appropriate Use.

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Posted on April 21, 2011

Clinical practice guidelines by the infectious diseases society of america for the treatment of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections in adults and children: executive summary.

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Posted on April 19, 2011

Adherence to Guideline-Directed Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis Among Medical and Surgical Inpatients at 33 Academic Medical Centers in the United States.

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Posted on April 19, 2011

Improving safety and eliminating redundant tests: cutting costs in U.S. hospitals.

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Posted on April 19, 2011

Medicare’s policy not to pay for treating hospital-acquired conditions: the impact.

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Posted on April 19, 2011

Occurrence of atrial fibrillation during dobutamine stress echocardiography: incidence, risk factors, and outcomes.

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Posted on April 19, 2011

Development of a tool within the electronic medical record to facilitate medication reconciliation after hospital discharge.

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Posted on April 19, 2011

Pre-emptive contact precautions for intubated patients reduced healthcare-associated meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus transmission and infection in an intensive care unit.

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Posted on April 19, 2011

Combination of lung ultrasound (a comet-tail sign) and N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide in differentiating acute heart failure from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma as cause of acute dyspnea in prehospital emergency setting.

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Posted on April 19, 2011

Polyethylene glycol vs. sodium phosphate for bowel preparation: A treatment arm meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

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Posted on April 19, 2011

Family Understanding of Seriously-ill Patient Preferences for Family Involvement in Healthcare Decision Making.

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Posted on April 19, 2011

Excellent Hospital Care for All: Open and Operating 24/7.

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Posted on April 19, 2011

Effect of Standardized Electronic Discharge Instructions on Post-Discharge Hospital Utilization.

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Posted on April 19, 2011

A randomized study of the efficacy and safety of intravenous acetaminophen compared to oral acetaminophen for the treatment of Fever.

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Posted on April 19, 2011

Seventy-two-hour Returns May Not be a Good Indicator of Safety in the Emergency Department: A National Study.

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Posted on April 19, 2011

Decreased emergency department length of stay by application of a computerized consultation management system.

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Posted on April 19, 2011

A conceptual model for assessing quality of care for patients boarding in the emergency department: structure-process-outcome.

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Posted on April 19, 2011

Serum C-reactive Protein Level Is a Predictive Factor for 14-Day Mortality of Patients With Advanced Cancer Who Present to the Emergency Department With Acute Symptoms.

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Posted on April 19, 2011

The new tumor, node, and metastasis staging system.

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Posted on April 19, 2011

Advances in the treatment of small-cell lung cancer.

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Posted on April 19, 2011

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