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Month: January 2015

The value of ETCO2 measurement for COPD patients in the emergency department.

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Posted on January 31, 2015

Preoperative cognitive impairment and psychological distress in hospitalized elderly hip fracture patients.

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Posted on January 31, 2015

Pyoderma gangrenosum: a systematic review.

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Posted on January 31, 2015

Radiological differentiation of renal masses.

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Posted on January 31, 2015

A simple diagnostic test to confirm correct placement of intravenous catheters before chemotherapy.

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Posted on January 31, 2015

Inpatient venous access practices: PICC culture and the kidney patient.

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Posted on January 31, 2015

Efficacy and ease of use of an intravenous catheter designed to prevent blood leakage: a prospective observational trial.

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Posted on January 31, 2015

Anemia in elderly hospitalized patients: prevalence and clinical impact.

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Posted on January 31, 2015

Heart rate in pulmonary embolism.

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Posted on January 31, 2015

A prognostic index for 1-year mortality can also predict in-hospital mortality of elderly medical patients.

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Posted on January 31, 2015

How different are older people discharged from emergency departments compared with those admitted to hospital?

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Posted on January 31, 2015

Predicting 30-Day Readmissions With Preadmission Electronic Health Record Data.

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Posted on January 31, 2015

Isolated Systolic Hypertension in Young and Middle-Aged Adults and 31-Year Risk for Cardiovascular Mortality: The Chicago Heart Association Detection Project in Industry Study.

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Posted on January 31, 2015

Are standard doses of piperacillin sufficient for critically ill patients with augmented creatinine clearance?

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Posted on January 31, 2015

How much oxygen in adult cardiac arrest?

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Posted on January 31, 2015

Effectiveness of ebola treatment units and community care centers – liberia, september 23-october 31, 2014.

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Posted on January 31, 2015

Systematic review with meta-analyses and critical appraisal of clinical prediction rules for pulmonary tuberculosis in hospitals.

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Posted on January 31, 2015

Comorbidities, Exposure to Medications, and the Risk of Community-Acquired Clostridium difficile Infection: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

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Posted on January 31, 2015

Risk factors for central line-associated bloodstream infections in the era of prevention bundles.

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Posted on January 31, 2015

Gut Check: Clostridium difficile Testing and Treatment in the Molecular Testing Era.

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Posted on January 31, 2015

Usefulness and Safety of Ultrasound-Assisted Catheter-Directed Thrombolysis for Submassive Pulmonary Emboli.

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Posted on January 31, 2015

The AFFORD Clinical Decision Aid to Identify Emergency Department Patients With Atrial Fibrillation at Low Risk for 30-Day Adverse Events.

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Posted on January 31, 2015

Managing malaria in the intensive care unit.

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Posted on January 30, 2015

The normal range and the decision interval.

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Posted on January 30, 2015

Biomarkers in heart failure.

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Posted on January 30, 2015

Colistin-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii: Beyond Carbapenem Resistance.

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Posted on January 30, 2015

Facilitating anticoagulation for safer transitions: preliminary outcomes from an emergency department deep vein thrombosis discharge program.

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Posted on January 30, 2015

Hospitals are still struggling with reducing readmissions.

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Posted on January 30, 2015

Team effort reduces readmission rate by 20% in two years.

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Posted on January 30, 2015

Association of inpatient and outpatient glucose management with inpatient mortality among patients with and without diabetes at a major academic medical center.

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Posted on January 30, 2015

Diagnosis and management of acute kidney injury in patients with cirrhosis: revised consensus recommendations of the International Club of Ascites.

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Posted on January 30, 2015

U-500 regular insulin use in hospitalized patients.

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Posted on January 30, 2015

Recommendations for the treatment of osteomyelitis.

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Posted on January 30, 2015

The fluid management of adults with severe malaria.

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Posted on January 30, 2015

A randomized controlled trial of two interventions to improve medication reconciliation.

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Posted on January 30, 2015

Increased incidence of invasive bacterial disease in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease compared to the general population–a population based cohort study.

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Posted on January 30, 2015

Case report of a transfusion-associated hepatitis A infection.

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Posted on January 30, 2015

Transfusion-related acute lung injury and potential risk factors among the inpatient US elderly as recorded in Medicare claims data, during 2007 through 2011.

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Posted on January 30, 2015

Optimization of the diagnostic management of clinically suspected pulmonary embolism in hospitalized patients.

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Posted on January 30, 2015

The Joint Commission: hospitals make strides on core measures with more achieving "top performer" status.

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Posted on January 30, 2015

Antibiotic resistance in adult female patients hospitalized for acute pyelonephritis: rates and predicting factors.

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Posted on January 30, 2015

Pattern of antibiotics usage in a community hospital of Malwa region of Punjab, India.

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Posted on January 30, 2015

Comparison of spot urine protein creatinine ratio with 24 hour urine protein for estimation of proteinuria.

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Posted on January 30, 2015

Nosocomial transmission of C. difficile in English hospitals from patients with symptomatic infection.

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Posted on January 30, 2015

Investigating factors associated with not reporting medical errors from the medical team’s point of view in Jahrom, Iran.

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Posted on January 30, 2015

Before you call renal: Acute kidney injury for hospitalists.

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Posted on January 30, 2015

Characteristics of primary care providers who adopted the hospitalist model from 2001 to 2009.

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Posted on January 30, 2015

Maximizing teaching on the wards: Review and application of the One-Minute Preceptor and SNAPPS models.

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Posted on January 30, 2015

Risk Factors for Recurrent Clostridium difficile Infection: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

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Posted on January 30, 2015

Bacteremia and ventilator-associated pneumonia: a marker for contemporaneous extra-pulmonic infection.

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Posted on January 28, 2015

Plasma osmolality predicts clinical outcome in patients with acute coronary syndrome undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention.

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Posted on January 28, 2015

Trends in hospitalized acute myocardial infarction patients with heart failure in Korea at 1998 and 2008.

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Posted on January 28, 2015

Characteristics, in-hospital and long-term clinical outcomes of nonagenarian compared with octogenarian acute myocardial infarction patients.

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Posted on January 28, 2015

White blood cell, hemoglobin and platelet distribution width as short-term prognostic markers in patients with acute myocardial infarction.

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Posted on January 28, 2015

Usefulness of oximetry for sleep apnea screening in frail hospitalized elderly.

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Posted on January 28, 2015

Clinical features of right-sided infective endocarditis occurring in non-drug users.

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Posted on January 28, 2015

Diagnostic accuracy of combined cardiac troponin and copeptin assessment for early rule-out of myocardial infarction: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

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Posted on January 28, 2015

Outcomes among non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes patients with no angiographically obstructive coronary artery disease: observations from 37,101 patients.

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Posted on January 28, 2015

Decreasing Mortality Among Patients Hospitalized with Cirrhosis in the United States From 2002 through 2010.

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Posted on January 28, 2015

The use of shared medication record as part of medication reconciliation at hospital admission is feasible.

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Posted on January 28, 2015

The Identification of Seniors at Risk screening tool is useful for predicting acute readmissions.

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Posted on January 28, 2015

Low-dose ketamine vs morphine for acute pain in the ED: a randomized controlled trial.

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Posted on January 28, 2015

Imaging during low back pain ED visits: a claims-based descriptive analysis.

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Posted on January 28, 2015

Therapeutic choices in convulsive status epilepticus.

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Posted on January 28, 2015

Evidence and triggers for the transfusion of blood and blood products.

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Posted on January 28, 2015

Mandated self-reporting of ventilator-associated pneumonia bundle and catheter-related bloodstream infection bundle compliance and infection rates.

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Posted on January 28, 2015

Trends in severity of illness on ICU admission and mortality among the elderly.

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Posted on January 28, 2015

Improved outcomes associated with a revised quality measure for continuing perioperative ?-blockade.

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Posted on January 28, 2015

Diagnosis and Treatment of Clostridium difficile in Adults: A Systematic Review.

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Posted on January 28, 2015

Tigecycline exhibits inhibitory activity against Clostridium difficile in the intestinal tract of hospitalised patients.

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Posted on January 28, 2015

Can coronary computed tomography angiography replace invasive angiography? Coronary computed tomography angiography cannot replace invasive angiography.

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Posted on January 28, 2015

Can Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography Replace Invasive Angiography? Yes: It is All About Finding the Right Test for the Right Person at the Right Time.

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Posted on January 28, 2015

The great mimickers: Castleman disease.

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Posted on January 27, 2015

Comparison of different equations to assess glomerular filtration in critically ill patients.

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Posted on January 27, 2015

Short-term mortality of adult inpatients with community-acquired pneumonia: external validation of a modified CURB-65 score.

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Posted on January 27, 2015

Relationship between admission blood glucose level and prognosis in elderly patients without previously known diabetes who undergo emergency non-cardiac surgery.

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Posted on January 27, 2015

Liver function, in-hospital, and post-discharge clinical outcome in patients with acute heart failure-results from the relaxin for the treatment of patients with acute heart failure study.

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Posted on January 27, 2015

The Effect of Emergency Department Copayments for Medicaid Beneficiaries Following the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005.

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Posted on January 27, 2015

Comparative Effectiveness of Diagnostic Testing Strategies in Emergency Department Patients With Chest Pain: An Analysis of Downstream Testing, Interventions, and Outcomes.

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Posted on January 27, 2015

The role of inferior vena cava diameter in volume status monitoring; the best sonographic measurement method?

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Posted on January 27, 2015

Timeliness of interfacility transfer for ED patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction.

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Posted on January 27, 2015

Ethics of ambulance diversion.

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Posted on January 27, 2015

Sarcoidosis–the greatest mimic.

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Posted on January 27, 2015

Klebsiella pneumoniae bloodstream infection: epidemiology and impact of inappropriate empirical therapy.

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Posted on January 27, 2015

Amyloidosis: review and imaging findings.

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Posted on January 27, 2015

Handgrip strength at admission and time to discharge in medical and surgical inpatients.

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Posted on January 27, 2015

Measuring unexplained variation in acute hospital use by patients enrolled with northern New Zealand general practices.

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Posted on January 27, 2015

Nutrition therapy in critically ill patients- a review of current evidence for clinicians.

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Posted on January 27, 2015

Achieving optimal clinical outcomes in ultrasound-guided central venous catheterizations of the internal jugular vein after a simulation-based training program for novice learners.

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Posted on January 27, 2015

Development of a decision support engine to assist patients with hospital selection.

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Posted on January 27, 2015

Reduction of healthcare-associated infections in a long-term care brain injury ward by replacing regular linens with biocidal copper oxide impregnated linens.

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Posted on January 27, 2015

Life-Threatening Complications and Outcomes in Patients with Malignancies and Severe Pulmonary Embolism.

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Posted on January 27, 2015

Warfarin therapy for atrial fibrillation in haemodialysis patients: mind the (evidence) gap.

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Posted on January 27, 2015

Acute pancreatitis.

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Posted on January 27, 2015

Systematic review of the effectiveness of strategies to encourage patients to remind healthcare professionals about their hand hygiene.

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Posted on January 27, 2015

Increased Risk of Mortality among Patients Cared for by Physicians with Short Length-of-Stay Tendencies.

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Posted on January 27, 2015

A Patient Navigator Intervention to Reduce Hospital Readmissions among High-Risk Safety-Net Patients: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

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Posted on January 27, 2015

Functional changes during hospital stay in older patients admitted to an acute care ward: a multicenter observational study.

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Posted on January 24, 2015

Is acyclovir effective among critically ill patients with herpes simplex in the respiratory tract?

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Posted on January 24, 2015

Interprofessional communication failures in acute care chains: how can we identify the causes?

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Posted on January 24, 2015

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