Do faculty intensivists have better outcomes when caring for patients directly in a closed ICU versus consulting in an open ICU? Categories: Posted on September 29, 2012
Caring for the older person with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Categories: Posted on September 29, 2012
Randomised comparison of a simple warfarin dosing algorithm versus a computerised anticoagulation management system for control of warfarin maintenance therapy. Categories: Posted on September 28, 2012
Management consensus guidance for the use of rivaroxaban – an oral, direct factor Xa inhibitor. Categories: Posted on September 28, 2012
Fractalkine is an independent predictor of mortality in patients with advanced heart failure. Categories: Posted on September 28, 2012
Measuring glomerular filtration rate in acute kidney injury: Yes, but not yet. Categories: Posted on September 28, 2012
Clinical review: Biomarkers of acute kidney injury: where are we now? Categories: Posted on September 28, 2012
A comparative assessment of two conservative methods for the diagnosis of catheter-related infection in critically ill patients. Categories: Posted on September 27, 2012
Intranasal Fentanyl Spray: A Novel Dosage Form for the Treatment of Breakthrough Cancer Pain (October). Categories: Posted on September 27, 2012
Protocoled resuscitation and the prevention of acute kidney injury. Categories: Posted on September 27, 2012
I Don’t Want to Be the One Saying ‘We Should Just Let Him Die’: Intrapersonal Tensions Experienced by Surrogate Decision Makers in the ICU. Categories: Posted on September 27, 2012
Discontinuation of antihyperglycemic therapy after acute myocardial infarction: medical necessity or medical error? Categories: Posted on September 26, 2012
Developing a continuous monitoring infrastructure for detection of inpatient deterioration. Categories: Posted on September 26, 2012
Mirizzi syndrome: History, current knowledge and proposal of a simplified classification. Categories: Posted on September 25, 2012
Post-endoscopic retrograde cholangio-pancreatography pancreatitis: Is time for a new preventive approach? Categories: Posted on September 25, 2012
Proadrenomedullin, a useful tool for risk stratification in high Pneumonia Severity Index score community acquired pneumonia. Categories: Posted on September 25, 2012
Different impact of the appropriateness of empirical antibiotics for bacteremia among younger adults and the elderly in the ED. Categories: Posted on September 25, 2012
Comparison of risk scoring systems in predicting clinical outcome at upper gastrointestinal bleeding patients in an emergency unit. Categories: Posted on September 25, 2012
A new electrocardiogram finding for massive pulmonary embolism: ST elevation in lead aVR with ST depression in leads I and V(4) to V(6). Categories: Posted on September 25, 2012
A New Strategy for Discontinuation of Dual Antiplatelet Therapy: The RESET Trial (REal Safety and Efficacy of 3-month dual antiplatelet Therapy following Endeavor zotarolimus-eluting stent implantation). Categories: Posted on September 25, 2012
Patterns of medication initiation in newly diagnosed diabetes mellitus: quality and cost implications. Categories: Posted on September 25, 2012
Gender Does Not Affect Postdischarge Outcomes in Patients Hospitalized for Worsening Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction (from the Efficacy of Vasopressin Antagonism in Heart Failure Outcome Study With Tolvaptan [EVEREST] Trial). Categories: Posted on September 25, 2012
Hospital-Based Shootings in the United States: 2000 to 2011. Categories: Posted on September 25, 2012
Immunopathology, diagnosis, and management of hypersensitivity pneumonitis. Categories: Posted on September 25, 2012
Current status of idiopathic nonspecific interstitial pneumonia. Categories: Posted on September 25, 2012
Acute Interstitial Pneumonia (AIP): Relationship to Hamman-Rich Syndrome, Diffuse Alveolar Damage (DAD), and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS). Categories: Posted on September 25, 2012
Glycemic variability and glycemic control in the acutely ill cardiac patient. Categories: Posted on September 25, 2012
Ferumoxytol: In Iron Deficiency Anaemia in Adults With Chronic Kidney Disease. Categories: Posted on September 22, 2012
Efficacy of delayed thromboprophylaxis with dabigatran: Pooled analysis. Categories: Posted on September 22, 2012
Evaluation and management of transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunts. Categories: Posted on September 22, 2012
The transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt: an update. Categories: Posted on September 22, 2012
Reversal of dabigatran-induced bleeding with a prothrombin complex concentrate and fresh frozen plasma. Categories: Posted on September 22, 2012
Biomarkers define the clinical response to dexamethasone in community-acquired pneumonia. Categories: Posted on September 21, 2012
Getting published in an academic-community hospital: the success of writing groups. Categories: Posted on September 21, 2012
Role of the CHADS2 score in acute coronary syndromes: risk of subsequent death or stroke in patients with and without atrial fibrillation. Categories: Posted on September 21, 2012
Early cardiac arrest in patients hospitalized with pneumonia: a report from the American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines-Resuscitation Program. Categories: Posted on September 21, 2012
The impact of COPD on management and outcomes of patients hospitalized with acute myocardial infarction: a 10-year retrospective observational study. Categories: Posted on September 21, 2012
Rate versus rhythm control in atrial fibrillation and clinical outcomes: updated systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Categories: Posted on September 21, 2012
Consensus statement on the care of the hyperglycaemic/diabetic patient during and in the immediate follow-up of acute coronary syndrome. Categories: Posted on September 21, 2012
Ticagrelor Versus Clopidogrel in Elderly Patients With Acute Coronary Syndromes: A Substudy From the Prospective Randomized PLATelet Inhibition and Patient Outcomes (PLATO) Trial. Categories: Posted on September 21, 2012
Bloodstream infections caused by Stenotrophomonas maltophilia: a seven-year review. Categories: Posted on September 21, 2012
Application of age-adjusted D-dimer threshold for exclusion thromboembolism (PTE) in older patients: a retrospective study. Categories: Posted on September 21, 2012
Presentations to an acute medical unit due to headache: a review of 306 consecutive cases. Categories: Posted on September 21, 2012
Food for Thought in an Doctors’ knowledge of Herbal Medicines Needs to be Better. Categories: Posted on September 21, 2012
PThe management of venous thromboembolic diseases and the role of thrombophilia testing: Summary of NICE Guideline CG144. Categories: Posted on September 21, 2012
Elevated troponin predicts long-term adverse cardiovascular outcomes in hypertensive crisis: a retrospective study. Categories: Posted on September 20, 2012
2011 John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety and Quality Awards. The effect of a novel Housestaff Quality Council on quality and patient safety. Innovation in patient safety and quality at the local level. Categories: Posted on September 20, 2012
Baseline Q waves as a prognostic modulator in patients with ST-segment elevation: insights from the PLATO trial. Categories: Posted on September 20, 2012
Asthma controller delay and recurrence risk after an emergency department visit or hospitalization. Categories: Posted on September 20, 2012
Transitional care after hospitalization for acute stroke or myocardial infarction: a systematic review. Categories: Posted on September 19, 2012
Improving patient handovers from hospital to primary care: a systematic review. Categories: Posted on September 19, 2012
Review: New oral anticoagulants reduced stroke and systemic embolism compared with warfarin in AF. Categories: Posted on September 19, 2012
Review: Oseltamivir relieves symptoms but does not reduce hospitalizations in influenza. Categories: Posted on September 19, 2012
Resuming Anticoagulation in the First Week Following Gastrointestinal Tract Hemorrhage: Should We Adopt a 4-Day Rule?: Comment on "Risk of Thromboembolism, Recurrent Hemorrhage, and Death After Warfarin Therapy Interruption for Gastrointestinal Tract Bleeding" Categories: Posted on September 19, 2012
Risk of Thromboembolism, Recurrent Hemorrhage, and Death After Warfarin Therapy Interruption for Gastrointestinal Tract Bleeding. Categories: Posted on September 19, 2012
Chest Pain in the Emergency Department: The Case Against Our Current Practice of Routine Noninvasive Testing. Categories: Posted on September 19, 2012
Prospective comparison of clinical prognostic scores in elderly patients with pulmonary embolism. Categories: Posted on September 19, 2012
Hospital-acquired pressure ulcers: results from the national medicare patient safety monitoring system study. Categories: Posted on September 19, 2012
Symptom burden predicts hospitalization independent of comorbidity in community-dwelling older adults. Categories: Posted on September 19, 2012
Peripherally inserted central catheters and other intravascular devices: how safe are they for hemodialysis patients? Categories: Posted on September 19, 2012
Renal Dysfunction on Admission, Worsening Renal Function, and Severity of Acute Kidney Injury Predict 2-Year Mortality in Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction. Categories: Posted on September 19, 2012
Hand sanitizer dispensers and associated hospital-acquired infections: friend or fomite? Categories: Posted on September 18, 2012
A proposal for new clinical concepts in the management of atrial fibrillation. Categories: Posted on September 18, 2012
The natural history of new-onset heart failure with a severely depressed left ventricular ejection fraction: Implications for timing of implantable cardioverter-defibrillator implantation. Categories: Posted on September 18, 2012
Predicting the risk of unplanned readmission or death within 30 days of discharge after a heart failure hospitalization. Categories: Posted on September 18, 2012
Troponin I release after intravenous treatment with high furosemide doses plus hypertonic saline solution in decompensated heart failure trial (Tra-HSS-Fur). Categories: Posted on September 18, 2012
The heart rate response to adenosine: A simple predictor of adverse cardiac outcomes in asymptomatic patients with type 2 diabetes. Categories: Posted on September 18, 2012
Quick diagnosis units: avoiding referrals from primary care to the ED and hospitalizations. Categories: Posted on September 18, 2012
Inotropic therapy: an important role in the treatment of advanced symptomatic heart failure. Categories: Posted on September 18, 2012
Transient ischemic attack: reviewing the evolution of the definition, diagnosis, risk stratification, and management for the emergency physician. Categories: Posted on September 15, 2012
Evaluation and management of indeterminate pulmonary nodules. Categories: Posted on September 15, 2012
Age-Dependent Effect of Beta Blockers in Preventing Vasovagal Syncope. Categories: Posted on September 14, 2012
Inpatient warfarin management: pharmacist management using a detailed dosing protocol. Categories: Posted on September 14, 2012
Efficacy of oral tolvaptan in acute heart failure patients with hypotension and renal impairment. Categories: Posted on September 14, 2012