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Month: February 2015

A toolbox to improve algorithms for insulin-dosing decision support.

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Posted on February 28, 2015

Oxycodone for cancer-related pain.

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Posted on February 28, 2015

Predictive factors for metastatic infection in patients with bacteremia caused by methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus.

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Posted on February 28, 2015

The contribution of geography to disparities in preventable hospitalisations between indigenous and non-indigenous Australians.

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Posted on February 28, 2015

D-dimer as a prognostic biomarker for mortality in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbation.

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Posted on February 28, 2015

The Association of Antibiotic Treatment Regimen and Hospital Mortality in Patients Hospitalized with Legionella Pneumonia.

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Posted on February 28, 2015

Sleep quality in adult hospitalized patients with infection: an observational study.

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Posted on February 28, 2015

Long-term treatment with low-molecular-weight heparin prolonged the survival time for acute pulmonary embolism patients concurrent with malignancy: An observational analysis from a long-term follow-up study.

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Posted on February 28, 2015

Red Blood Cell Transfusion Practices: A College of American Pathologists Q-Probes Study of Compliance With Audit Criteria in 128 Hospitals.

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Posted on February 28, 2015

Groove Pancreatitis: A Brief Review of a Diagnostic Challenge.

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Posted on February 28, 2015

Handling Europe’s first Ebola case: Internal hospital communication experience.

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Posted on February 28, 2015

Effects of isolation on patients and staff.

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Posted on February 28, 2015

Advancing the competency of infection preventionists.

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Posted on February 28, 2015

Improving communication with primary care to ensure patient safety post-hospital discharge.

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Posted on February 27, 2015

Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography versus intraoperative cholangiography for diagnosis of common bile duct stones.

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Posted on February 27, 2015

Ultrasound versus liver function tests for diagnosis of common bile duct stones.

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Posted on February 27, 2015

Endoscopic ultrasound versus magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography for common bile duct stones.

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Posted on February 27, 2015

Development of a Medication Safety and Quality Survey for Small Rural Hospitals.

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Posted on February 27, 2015

Prescriptions for Bedtime Sedatives After the Introduction of a General Admission Order Set at an Academic Health Center: The Potential and Pitfalls of Order Sets.

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Posted on February 27, 2015

Statin Use After Acute Myocardial Infarction by Patient Complexity: Are the Rates Right?

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Posted on February 27, 2015

Promoting high value inpatient care via a coaching model of structured, interdisciplinary team rounds.

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Posted on February 27, 2015

Role of infection in exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

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Posted on February 27, 2015

Safety and efficacy of well managed warfarin. A report from the Swedish quality register Auricula.

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Posted on February 27, 2015

Treatment of Pulmonary Embolism With Rivaroxaban: Outcomes by Simplified Pulmonary Embolism Severity Index Score from a Post Hoc Analysis of the EINSTEIN PE Study.

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Posted on February 27, 2015

Comparison of routes for achieving parenteral access with a focus on the management of patients with Ebola virus disease.

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Posted on February 26, 2015

Branched-chain amino acids for people with hepatic encephalopathy.

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Posted on February 26, 2015

Ultrasonography for confirmation of endotracheal tube placement: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

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Posted on February 26, 2015

What CPR Means to Surrogate Decision Makers of ICU Patients.

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Posted on February 26, 2015

Burden of Clostridium difficile Infection in the United States.

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Posted on February 26, 2015

Rare bleeding disorders: diagnosis and treatment.

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Posted on February 26, 2015

Diagnostic approach to von Willebrand disease.

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Posted on February 26, 2015

Diagnosis and Treatment of Incidental Venous Thromboembolism in Cancer Patients: guidance from the SSC of the ISTH.

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Posted on February 26, 2015

Primary aldosteronism and its various clinical scenarios.

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Posted on February 26, 2015

Invasive Evaluation of Patients with Angina in the Absence of Obstructive Coronary Artery Disease.

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Posted on February 26, 2015

Empagliflozin, an SGLT2 Inhibitor for the Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Review of the Evidence.

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Posted on February 26, 2015

Vancomycin Loading Doses: A Systematic Review.

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Posted on February 26, 2015

CT Myocardial Perfusion Imaging.

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Posted on February 26, 2015

Cardiac CT Angiography in the Emergency Department.

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Posted on February 26, 2015

Hospitalist workload influences faculty evaluations by internal medicine clerkship students.

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Posted on February 25, 2015

Urine output on ICU entry is associated with hospital mortality in unselected critically ill patients.

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Posted on February 25, 2015

Clinical characteristics of bacteremia caused by Helicobacter cinaedi and time required for blood cultures to become positive.

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Posted on February 25, 2015

Continuous terbutaline infusion in severe asthma in adults: a retrospective study of long-term efficacy and safety.

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Posted on February 25, 2015

Distinguishing adult-onset asthma from COPD: a review and a new approach.

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Posted on February 25, 2015

Recovery audit contractor audits and appeals at three academic medical centers.

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Posted on February 25, 2015

Give that back! Recovery Audit Program activity trends.

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Posted on February 25, 2015

Reduction of inappropriate exit prescriptions for proton pump inhibitors: A before-after study using education paired with a web-based quality-improvement tool.

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Posted on February 25, 2015

Accelerated diagnostic protocol using high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T in acute chest pain patients.

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Posted on February 25, 2015

Health system characteristics and rates of readmission after acute myocardial infarction in the United States.

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Posted on February 25, 2015

Hospital variation in survival trends for in-hospital cardiac arrest.

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Posted on February 25, 2015

B-type natriuretic peptide predicts 30-day readmission for heart failure but not readmission for other causes.

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Posted on February 25, 2015

How do COPD comorbidities affect ICU outcomes?

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Posted on February 25, 2015

Duration of anticoagulation after venous thromboembolism in real world clinical practice.

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Posted on February 25, 2015

Anticoagulant Reversal, Blood Pressure Levels, and Anticoagulant Resumption in Patients With Anticoagulation-Related Intracerebral Hemorrhage.

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Posted on February 25, 2015

Association of NSAID Use With Risk of Bleeding and Cardiovascular Events in Patients Receiving Antithrombotic Therapy After Myocardial Infarction.

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Posted on February 25, 2015

Beta-blocker therapy and prognosis of heart failure patients with new-onset diabetes mellitus.

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Posted on February 25, 2015

Meta-Analysis of the Effects of Carvedilol Versus Metoprolol on All-Cause Mortality and Hospitalizations in Patients With Heart Failure.

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Posted on February 25, 2015

Email for clinical communication between healthcare professionals.

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Posted on February 24, 2015

Tight computerized versus conventional glucose control in the ICU: a randomized controlled trial.

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Posted on February 24, 2015

Blood glucose level and outcome after cardiac arrest: insights from a large registry in the hypothermia era.

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Posted on February 24, 2015

Transparency When Things Go Wrong: Physician Attitudes About Reporting Medical Errors to Patients, Peers, and Institutions.

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Posted on February 24, 2015

Hospital Ward Antibiotic Prescribing and the Risks of Clostridium difficile Infection.

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Posted on February 24, 2015

A patient with palpitations.

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Posted on February 24, 2015

Use, efficacy and safety of prasugrel in patients with ST segment elevation myocardial infarction scheduled for primary percutaneous coronary intervention in clinical practice. Results of the prospective ATACS-registry.

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Posted on February 24, 2015

Diagnostic accuracy of coronary ct for the quantification of the syntax score in patients with left main and/or 3-vessel coronary disease. Comparison with invasive angiography.

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Posted on February 24, 2015

High sensitivity troponin: Does the 50% delta change alter clinical outcomes in chest pain presentations to the emergency room?

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Posted on February 24, 2015

Non-invasive assessment of coronary artery disease in patients with left bundle branch block.

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Posted on February 24, 2015

Postoperative hyperkalemia.

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Posted on February 24, 2015

Eltrombopag: A Review of Its Use in Patients with Severe Aplastic Anaemia.

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Posted on February 24, 2015

Viral exanthems.

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Posted on February 24, 2015

Colistin, Mechanisms and Prevalence of Resistance.

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Posted on February 24, 2015

Presentation and complications associated with cirrhosis of the liver.

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Posted on February 24, 2015

Glycemic targets in hospital and barriers to attaining them.

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Posted on February 24, 2015

Safe and appropriate use of insulin and other antihyperglycemic agents in hospital.

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Posted on February 24, 2015

Implementation of a screening program to detect previously undiagnosed dysglycemia in hospitalized patients.

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Posted on February 24, 2015

Nutrition management of diabetes in acute care.

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Posted on February 24, 2015

Achieving glycemic control in special populations in hospital: perspectives in practice.

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Posted on February 24, 2015

Role of subcutaneous insulin management protocols and order sets in inpatient diabetes management.

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Posted on February 24, 2015

In-hospital management of adults using insulin pump therapy.

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Posted on February 24, 2015

Impact and cost of the serum galactomannan assay at a tertiary care facility.

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Posted on February 24, 2015

An interprofessional qualitative study of barriers and potential solutions for the safe use of insulin in the hospital setting.

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Posted on February 24, 2015

Using standardized insulin orders to improve patient safety in a tertiary care centre.

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Posted on February 24, 2015

The incidence, risk factors and characteristics of pressure ulcers in hospitalized patients in China.

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Posted on February 24, 2015

Hospital autopsy performance and reporting.

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Posted on February 24, 2015

The utility of inferior vena cava diameter and the degree of inspiratory collapse in patients with systolic heart failure.

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Posted on February 24, 2015

Do not drown the patient: appropriate fluid management in critical illness.

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Posted on February 24, 2015

The effect of a hospitalist comanagement service on vascular surgery inpatients.

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Posted on February 24, 2015

D-dimer for the diagnosis of upper extremity deep and superficial venous thrombosis.

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Posted on February 24, 2015

Identifying critically-ill patients who will benefit most from nutritional therapy: Further validation of the "modified NUTRIC" nutritional risk assessment tool.

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Posted on February 24, 2015

Thirty day all-cause mortality in patients with Escherichia coli bacteraemia in England.

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Posted on February 24, 2015

Risk factors and clinical outcomes of candidaemia in patients treated for Clostridium difficile infection.

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Posted on February 24, 2015

Borrelia miyamotoi infection in Nature and in humans.

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Posted on February 24, 2015

Epidemiology and outcome of candidaemia in patients with oncological and haematological malignancies: results from a population-based surveillance in Spain.

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Posted on February 24, 2015

Viruses detected by systematic multiplex polymerase chain reaction in adults with suspected community-acquired pneumonia attending emergency departments in France.

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Posted on February 24, 2015

Antithrombotic Management of Atrial Fibrillation in the Elderly.

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Posted on February 24, 2015

Advance Care Planning in the Elderly.

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Posted on February 24, 2015

Evaluation and Management of the Elderly Patient Presenting with Cognitive Complaints.

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Posted on February 24, 2015

Pain Management in the Elderly.

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Posted on February 24, 2015

Management of Diabetes in the Elderly.

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Posted on February 24, 2015

Soluble ST2 as a prognostic marker in community-acquired pneumonia.

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Posted on February 24, 2015

Sustained value of proadrenomedullin as mortality predictor in severe sepsis.

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Posted on February 24, 2015

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