Geriatrics education is associated with positive attitudes toward older people in internal medicine residents: a multicenter study. Categories: Posted on July 30, 2015
Frequency of delirium and subsyndromal delirium in an adult acute hospital population. Categories: Posted on July 30, 2015
Universal definition of myocardial infarction: clinical insights. Categories: Posted on July 30, 2015
Mind the Gap: A Novel Care Transitions Curriculum for Hospitalists and Residents. Categories: Posted on July 30, 2015
Setting the time and date helps enhance patients’ discharge experience. Categories: Posted on July 30, 2015
Star Ratings show hospitals need to improve the discharge process. Categories: Posted on July 30, 2015
Mucolytic agents versus placebo for chronic bronchitis or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Categories: Posted on July 30, 2015
Implementing Computerized Provider Order Entry in Acute Care Hospitals in the United States Could Generate Substantial Savings to Society. Categories: Posted on July 29, 2015
Hospital Characteristics Associated With Penalties in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Hospital-Acquired Condition Reduction Program. Categories: Posted on July 29, 2015August 8, 2015
Have We Improved Pain Control in Cancer Patients? A Multicenter Study of Ambulatory and Hospitalized Cancer Patients. Categories: Posted on July 29, 2015
Electrocardiographic abnormalities and cardiac arrhythmias in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Categories: Posted on July 29, 2015
A Cost Analysis of the American Board of Internal Medicine’s Maintenance-of-Certification Program. Categories: Posted on July 29, 2015
Prevalence, Clinical Features, and Prognosis of Acute Myocardial Infarction Attributable to Coronary Artery Embolism. Categories: Posted on July 29, 2015
Levetiracetam as adjunctive therapy for acute alcohol withdrawal syndrome in hospitalized patients. Categories: Posted on July 29, 2015
Assessing serum hemoglobin levels without venipuncture: accuracy and reliability of Pronto-7 noninvasive spot-check device. Categories: Posted on July 29, 2015
Community-acquired pneumonia: economics of inpatient medical care vis-à-vis clinical severity. Categories: Posted on July 29, 2015
Proton pump inhibitor use represents an independent risk factor for myocardial infarction. Categories: Posted on July 29, 2015
Characteristics and Antibiotic Use Associated With Short-Term Risk of Clostridium difficile Infection Among Hospitalized Patients. Categories: Posted on July 29, 2015
Comparing Hospitalist-Resident to Hospitalist-Midlevel Practitioner Team Performance on Length of Stay and Direct Patient Care Cost. Categories: Posted on July 29, 2015
Comparison of new point-of-care troponin assay with high sensitivity troponin in diagnosing myocardial infarction. Categories: Posted on July 29, 2015
Evidence-based care pathway for cellulitis improves process, clinical, and cost outcomes. Categories: Posted on July 29, 2015
Ultrasound confirmation of central venous catheter position via a right supraclavicular fossa view using a microconvex probe: an observational pilot study. Categories: Posted on July 28, 2015
Has beta-blocker use increased in patients with heart failure in internal medicine settings? Prognostic implications: RICA registry. Categories: Posted on July 28, 2015
Clinical features of patients isolated for suspected Ebola virus disease at Connaught Hospital, Freetown, Sierra Leone: a retrospective cohort study. Categories: Posted on July 28, 2015
Why is asymptomatic bacteriuria overtreated?: A tertiary care institutional survey of resident physicians. Categories: Posted on July 28, 2015
Uremic pericarditis: a report of 30 cases and review of the literature. Categories: Posted on July 28, 2015
Treatment with Dalteparin is Associated with a Lower Risk of Bleeding Compared to Treatment with Unfractionated Heparin in Patients with Renal Insufficiency. Categories: Posted on July 27, 2015July 28, 2015
Treatment of venous thromboembolism in patients with cancer: A network meta-analysis comparing efficacy and safety of anticoagulants. Categories: Posted on July 27, 2015
Predictors of new onset atrial fibrillation during 10-year follow-up after first-ever ischemic stroke. Categories: Posted on July 26, 2015
Population pharmacokinetics and dosing simulations of cefepime in septic shock patients receiving continuous renal replacement therapy. Categories: Posted on July 26, 2015
Role of Coccidioides Antigen testing in the Cerebrospinal Fluid for the Diagnosis of Coccidioidal Meningitis. Categories: Posted on July 26, 2015
Red blood cell distribution width [RDW] and long-term mortality after community-acquired pneumonia. A comparison with proadrenomedullin. Categories: Posted on July 25, 2015
Admission serum magnesium levels and the risk of acute respiratory failure. Categories: Posted on July 25, 2015
Plain abdominal radiography in acute abdominal pain–is it really necessary? Categories: Posted on July 25, 2015
Elevated plasma level of pentraxin-3 predicts in-hospital and 30-day clinical outcomes in patients with non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction who have undergone percutaneous coronary intervention. Categories: Posted on July 25, 2015
Diagnostic and prognostic value of myeloid-related protein complex 8/14 for sepsis. Categories: Posted on July 25, 2015
Variation in Chest Pain Emergency Department Admission Rates and Acute Myocardial Infarction and Death Within 30 Days in the Medicare Population. Categories: Posted on July 25, 2015
National Cost Savings From Observation Unit Management of Syncope. Categories: Posted on July 25, 2015
A combined-biomarker approach to clinical phenotyping renal dysfunction in heart failure. Categories: Posted on July 24, 2015
All-cause mortality and use of antithrombotics within 90 days of discharge in acutely ill medical patients. Categories: Posted on July 24, 2015
Medication reconciliation at admission and discharge: an analysis of prevalence and associated risk factors. Categories: Posted on July 24, 2015
Safety and efficacy of abciximab in older adults undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention. Categories: Posted on July 24, 2015
Respective impact of lowering body temperature and heart rate on mortality in septic shock: mediation analysis of a randomized trial. Categories: Posted on July 24, 2015
Novel Bedside Phonetic Evaluation to Identify Dysphagia and Aspiration Risk. Categories: Posted on July 24, 2015July 20, 2016
Outcomes and prognostic features of patients with influenza requiring hospitalization and receiving early antiviral therapy: A Prospective Multicenter-Cohort Study. Categories: Posted on July 24, 2015
Management of Anticoagulant and Antiplatelet Medications in Adults Undergoing Percutaneous Interventions. Categories: Posted on July 24, 2015
Clearing emergency departments and clogging wards: National Emergency Access Target and the law of unintended consequences. Categories: Posted on July 24, 2015
CT within 6 hours of headache onset to rule out subarachnoid hemorrhage in nonacademic hospitals. Categories: Posted on July 24, 2015
Daily costs of hospitalization in non-valvular atrial fibrillation patients treated with anticoagulant therapy. Categories: Posted on July 24, 2015
Outcomes of direct and indirect medical intensive care unit admissions from the emergency department of an acute care hospital: a retrospective cohort study. Categories: Posted on July 24, 2015
Effectiveness and Safety of Short-stay Units in the Emergency Department: A Systematic Review. Categories: Posted on July 24, 2015
Microbiology and Initial Antibiotic Therapy for Injection Drug Users and Non-Injection Drug Users with Cutaneous Abscesses in the Era of Community-associated Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Categories: Posted on July 24, 2015
Prevalence of eosinophilia in hospitalized patients with asthma exacerbation. Categories: Posted on July 23, 2015
The impact of exacerbation frequency on mortality following acute exacerbations of COPD: a registry-based cohort study. Categories: Posted on July 23, 2015
Greater occipital nerve block for postdural puncture headache (PDPH): a prospective audit of a modified guideline for the management of PDPH and review of the literature. Categories: Posted on July 23, 2015
Implementing criteria-based early switch/early discharge programmes: a European perspective. Categories: Posted on July 23, 2015
Comparison of the Short-Term Risk of Bleeding and Arterial Thromboembolic Events in Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation Patients Newly Treated With Dabigatran or Rivaroxaban versus Vitamin K Antagonists: A French Nationwide Propensity-Matched Cohort Study. Categories: Posted on July 23, 2015
Impact of Contrast-Induced Acute Kidney Injury After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention on Short- and Long-Term Outcomes: Pooled Analysis From the HORIZONS-AMI and ACUITY Trials. Categories: Posted on July 23, 2015
A Multicenter Randomized Trial of Continuous versus Intermittent ?-Lactam Infusion in Severe Sepsis. Categories: Posted on July 23, 2015
Hospitalist attitudes toward the assessment and management of dyspnea in patients with acute cardiopulmonary diseases. Categories: Posted on July 23, 2015
Interunit handoffs from emergency department to inpatient care: A cross-sectional survey of physicians at a university medical center. Categories: Posted on July 23, 2015
When Frail Individuals or Their Families Request Nonindicated Interventions: Usefulness of the Four-Box Ethical Approach. Categories: Posted on July 23, 2015
That Which Bends Up: A Case Report and Literature Review of Chikungunya Virus. Categories: Posted on July 22, 2015
A re-evaluation of the role of inhaled corticosteroids in the management of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Categories: Posted on July 22, 2015
Reduction of mortality in community-acquired pneumonia after implementing standardized care bundles in the emergency department. Categories: Posted on July 22, 2015
Ambrisentan for the treatment of adults with pulmonary arterial hypertension: a review. Categories: Posted on July 22, 2015
Critical Care for Multiple Organ Failure Secondary to Ebola Virus Disease in the United States. Categories: Posted on July 22, 2015
Pros and cons of using biomarkers versus clinical decisions in start and stop decisions for antibiotics in the critical care setting. Categories: Posted on July 22, 2015
Randomised clinical trial: acid-inhibitory effect of vonoprazan 20 mg compared with esomeprazole 20 mg or rabeprazole 10 mg in healthy adult male subjects-a randomised open-label cross-over study. Categories: Posted on July 22, 2015
Long-acting muscarinic antagonists (LAMA) added to inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) versus higher dose ICS for adults with asthma. Categories: Posted on July 22, 2015
Age-stratified treatment response rates in hospitalized patients with Clostridium difficile infection treated with metronidazole. Categories: Posted on July 22, 2015
When Should a Patient with a Nonvariceal Upper Gastrointestinal Bleed Be Fed? Categories: Posted on July 21, 2015
Streptococcus bovis Bacteremia: Association with Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease in a Predominantly Hispanic Population. Categories: Posted on July 21, 2015
Utility of Lower Extremity Doppler in Patients with Lower Extremity Cellulitis: A Need to Change the Practice? Categories: Posted on July 21, 2015
Volume Overload in Heart Failure: An Evidence-Based Review of Strategies for Treatment and Prevention. Categories: Posted on July 21, 2015
New Paradigms in Sepsis: From Prevention to Protection of Failing Microcirculation. Categories: Posted on July 21, 2015
Usefulness of ECG to differentiate Takotsubo cardiomyopathy from acute coronary syndrome. Categories: Posted on July 21, 2015
Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections in Intensive Care Unit Patients. Categories: Posted on July 21, 2015
Pseudomonas aeruginosa Nosocomial Pneumonia: Impact of Pneumonia Classification. Categories: Posted on July 21, 2015
Association Between Transjugular Intrahepatic Porto-systemic Shunt and Survival in Patients with Cirrhosis. Categories: Posted on July 21, 2015
Varices and Variceal Hemorrhage in Cirrhosis. A new view of an old problem. Categories: Posted on July 21, 2015
Indwelling urinary catheter surveillance using a Task-oriented nurse acuity system. Categories: Posted on July 21, 2015
Risk-benefit analysis of lumbar puncture to evaluate for nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage in adult ED patients. Categories: Posted on July 21, 2015