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Month: July 2011

Does this patient have medical decision-making capacity?

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Posted on July 31, 2011

Documentation of cerebrospinal fluid opening pressure and other important aspects of lumbar puncture in acute headache.

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Posted on July 31, 2011

Relationship of the internal jugular vein to the common carotid artery: implications for ultrasound-guided vascular access.

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Posted on July 31, 2011

Prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia with oral antiseptics: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

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Posted on July 30, 2011

Increased mortality associated with meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection in the Intensive Care Unit: results from the EPIC II study.

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Posted on July 30, 2011

Safety of prothrombin complex concentrates for rapid anticoagulation reversal of vitamin k antagonists. A meta-analysis.

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Posted on July 30, 2011

The impact of Tiotropium on Mortality and Exacerbations when added to Inhaled Corticosteroids and Long-Acting Beta-Agonist therapy in COPD.

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Posted on July 30, 2011

Does Hospice Improve Quality of Care for Persons Dying from Dementia?

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Posted on July 30, 2011

When should a diagnosis of influenza be considered in adults requiring intensive care unit admission? Results from population-based active surveillance in Toronto.

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Posted on July 30, 2011

Outcomes of Moderate-to-Severe Pneumocystis Pneumonia Treated with Adjunctive Steroid in Non-HIV-Infected Patients.

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Posted on July 29, 2011

Diagnostic accuracy in patients admitted to hospitals with cellulitis.

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Posted on July 29, 2011

Increasing outpatient treatment of mild community-acquired pneumonia: systematic review and meta-analysis.

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Posted on July 29, 2011

Differentiating ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction from Nonischemic ST-Elevation in Patients With Chest Pain.

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Posted on July 29, 2011

Relation of Homocysteinemia to Contrast-Induced Nephropathy in Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention.

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Posted on July 29, 2011

Approach to the Evaluation of a Patient With an Increased Serum Osmolal Gap and High-Anion-Gap Metabolic Acidosis.

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Posted on July 29, 2011

It’s the writing on the wall: Whiteboards improve inpatient satisfaction with provider communication.

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Posted on July 28, 2011

Clinicians satisfaction with CPOE ease of use and effect on clinicians’ workflow, efficiency and medication safety.

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Posted on July 28, 2011

Patient preference for falls prevention in hospitals revealed through willingness-to-pay, contingent valuation survey.

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Posted on July 28, 2011

Needle and guidewire visualization in ultrasound-guided internal jugular vein cannulation.

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Posted on July 28, 2011

Process changes to increase compliance with the universal protocol for bedside procedures.

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Knowledge gaps about smoking cessation in hospitalized patients and their doctors.

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Posted on July 28, 2011

Medication Discrepancies Identified at Time of Hospital Discharge in a Geriatric Population.

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Posted on July 28, 2011

Worklife and Satisfaction of Hospitalists: Toward Flourishing Careers.

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Posted on July 28, 2011

Prospects and challenges in opioid analgesia for pain management.

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Posted on July 28, 2011

Risk factors for acquisition of extended-spectrum ?-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli in an urban county hospital.

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Posted on July 28, 2011

Early nephrology consultation can have impact on outcome of acute kidney injury patients.

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Posted on July 28, 2011

Low pleural fluid-to-serum glucose gradient indicates pleuroperitoneal communication in peritoneal dialysis patients: presentation of two cases and a review of the literature.

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Posted on July 28, 2011

Prediction of 30-day cardiac-related-emergency-readmissions using simple administrative hospital data.

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Posted on July 28, 2011

Review article: the aetiology, investigation and management of diarrhoea in the HIV-positive patient.

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Posted on July 28, 2011

Predictors of Long-Term Adverse Outcomes in Elderly Patients Over 80 Years Hospitalized With Heart Failure.

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Posted on July 28, 2011

Guideline Adherence and Outcomes in Esophageal Variceal Hemorrhage: Comparison of Tertiary Care and Non-Tertiary Care Settings.

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Posted on July 28, 2011

Clinical predictors of Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteremia among Gram-negative bacterial infections in non-neutropenic patients with solid tumor.

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Posted on July 28, 2011

Montelukast for the treatment of asthma in the adult population.

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Posted on July 28, 2011

Cryptogenic pyogenic liver abscess as the herald of colon cancer.

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Posted on July 28, 2011

Oliguria as predictive biomarker of acute kidney injury in critically ill patients.

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Posted on July 21, 2011

Management of acute asthma exacerbations.

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Posted on July 20, 2011

Outpatient approach to palpitations.

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Posted on July 20, 2011

Usefulness of procalcitonin measurement in reducing antibiotic use and identifying serious bacterial illness.

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Posted on July 20, 2011

Insulin management of type 2 diabetes mellitus.

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Posted on July 20, 2011

A diagnostic approach to pruritus.

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Posted on July 20, 2011

Trends in catheter-associated urinary tract infections in adult intensive care units-United States, 1990-2007.

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Posted on July 20, 2011

The prevalence of health care-associated infection in older people in acute care hospitals.

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Posted on July 20, 2011

Humane terminal extubation reconsidered: The role for preemptive analgesia and sedation.

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Posted on July 20, 2011

Hospital-acquired pneumonia/ventilator-associated pneumonia prevention: Truth or dare!

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Posted on July 20, 2011

Where are the acutely ill best cared for and who should look after them?

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Posted on July 20, 2011

Should we treat mild subclinical/mild hyperthyroidism? Yes.

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Posted on July 20, 2011

Should we treat mild subclinical/mild hyperthyroidism? No.

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Posted on July 20, 2011

Acute hospital medicine – A new sub-speciality or internal medicine re-born?

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Posted on July 20, 2011

Acute Medicine: Triage, timing and teaching in the context of medical emergency admissions.

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Posted on July 20, 2011

Who will be sicker in the morning? Changes in the Simple Clinical Score the day after admission and the subsequent outcomes of acutely ill unselected medical patients.

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Posted on July 20, 2011

Feasibility of power contrast injections and bolus triggering during CT scans in oncologic patients with totally implantable venous access ports of the forearm.

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Posted on July 19, 2011

Vascular access and contrast media.

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Posted on July 19, 2011

How to manage recurrent falls in clinical practice: guidelines of the French Society of Geriatrics and Gerontology.

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Posted on July 19, 2011

The American Society of Hematology 2011 evidence-based practice guideline for immune thrombocytopenia.

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Posted on July 19, 2011

Can an electronic prescribing system detect doctors who are more likely to make a serious prescribing error?

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Posted on July 19, 2011

The usefulness of phlebotomy in the palliative care setting.

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Posted on July 19, 2011

A pharmacoeconomic perspective on stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation.

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Posted on July 19, 2011

Omission of dysphagia therapies in hospital discharge communications.

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Posted on July 19, 2011

Prevalence and clinical predictors of pulmonary tuberculosis among isolated inpatients: a prospective study.

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Posted on July 19, 2011

Hypoxemia adds to the CURB-65 pneumonia severity score in hospitalized patients with mild pneumonia.

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Posted on July 19, 2011

Relationship of serum pancreatic enzyme testing trends with the diagnosis of acute pancreatitis.

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Posted on July 19, 2011

Acupuncture in the inpatient acute care setting: a pragmatic, randomized control trial.

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Posted on July 19, 2011

Optimal prediction of the central venous catheter insertion depth on a routine chest x-ray.

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Posted on July 19, 2011

The study of vancomycin use and its adverse reactions associated to patients of a brazilian university hospital.

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Posted on July 19, 2011

Association of Care by Hospitalists on Discharge Destination and 30-day Outcomes After Acute Ischemic Stroke.

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Posted on July 19, 2011

Spider bite.

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Posted on July 19, 2011

Immunomodulatory agents in the treatment of community-acquired pneumonia: A systematic review.

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Posted on July 19, 2011

Impact of changes in Clostridium difficile diagnostic testing on detection of C. difficile infection and all England mandatory surveillance data.

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Posted on July 19, 2011

Excess mortality following community-onset norovirus enteritis in the elderly.

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Posted on July 19, 2011

Acquisition of extensive drug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa among hospitalized patients: risk factors and resistance mechanisms to carbapenems.

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Posted on July 19, 2011

The assisted electronic prescription in patients hospitalised in a chest diseases ward.

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Posted on July 16, 2011

A prevalence study of errors in opioid prescribing in a large teaching hospital.

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Posted on July 16, 2011

Falls in the elderly: Spectrum and prevention.

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Posted on July 16, 2011

Usefulness of acute delirium as a predictor of adverse outcomes in patients >65 years of age with acute decompensated heart failure.

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Posted on July 16, 2011

Significance of Asymptomatic Bradycardia for Subsequent Pacemaker Implantation and Mortality in Patients >60 Years of Age.

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Posted on July 16, 2011

A New Risk Scheme to Predict Warfarin-Associated Hemorrhage The ATRIA (Anticoagulation and Risk Factors in Atrial Fibrillation) Study.

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Posted on July 16, 2011

FONDAPARINUX FOR ISOLATED SUPERFICIAL-VEIN THROMBOSIS OF THE LEGS: A COST-EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS.

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Posted on July 16, 2011

Postinfectious Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders.

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Posted on July 14, 2011

Making a Positive Diagnosis of Irritable Bowel Syndrome.

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Posted on July 14, 2011

Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Other Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders.

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Posted on July 14, 2011

Understanding and Treating Abdominal Pain and Spasms in Organic Gastrointestinal Diseases: Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Biliary Diseases.

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Posted on July 14, 2011

Fluid collections in and around the pancreas in acute pancreatitis.

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Posted on July 14, 2011

Intensity of Anticoagulation with Warfarin and Risk of Adverse Events in Patients Presenting to the Emergency Department (July/August).

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Posted on July 14, 2011

“July Effect”: Impact of the Academic Year-End Changeover on Patient Outcomes. A Systematic Review.

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Posted on July 13, 2011

Recent Progress in the Management of Pulmonary Hypertension.

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Posted on July 13, 2011

Improved diagnostic and prognostic performance of a new high-sensitive troponin T assay in patients with acute coronary syndrome.

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Posted on July 12, 2011

Community-associated meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains as a cause of healthcare-associated infection.

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Posted on July 12, 2011

Feedback to clinicians on preventable factors can reduce hospital onset Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia rates.

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Posted on July 12, 2011

The incidence of recurrent venous thromboembolism and chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension following a first episode of pulmonary embolism.

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Posted on July 12, 2011

Cardiac sarcoidosis: a review 2011.

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Posted on July 12, 2011

A conservative and minimally invasive approach to necrotizing pancreatitis improves outcome.

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Posted on July 12, 2011

Medication prescribing errors in the prehospital setting and in the ED.

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Posted on July 12, 2011

A prospective study of central venous catheters placed in a tertiary care emergency department: Indications for use, infectious complications, and natural history.

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Posted on July 12, 2011

Application, tolerance and safety of fondaparinux therapy in a German hospital: A prospective single-centre experience.

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Posted on July 12, 2011

Unnecessary Use of Fluoroquinolone Antibiotics in Hospitalized Patients.

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Posted on July 11, 2011

A qualitative difference. Patients’ views of hospital food service in Iran.

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Posted on July 11, 2011

Proton pump inhibitor-associated pneumonia: Not a breath of fresh air after all?

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Posted on July 11, 2011

Epidemiology of potentially inappropriate medication use in elderly patients in Japanese acute care hospitals.

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Posted on July 11, 2011

An approach to the hospitalized patient with urticaria and fever.

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Posted on July 11, 2011

Approach to the hospitalized patient with targetoid lesions.

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Posted on July 11, 2011

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