Effects of Intravenous Landiolol on Heart Rate and Outcomes in Patients with Atrial Tachyarrhythmias and Acute Decompensated Heart Failure: A Single-Center Experience. Categories: Posted on February 28, 2019
Reducing Unnecessary Treatment of Asymptomatic Elevated Blood Pressure with Intravenous Medications on the General Internal Medicine Wards: A Quality Improvement Initiative. Categories: Posted on February 28, 2019
Assess Before Rx: Reducing the Overtreatment of Asymptomatic Blood Pressure Elevation in the Inpatient Setting. Categories: Posted on February 28, 2019
Things We Do For No Reason: Contact Precautions for MRSA and VRE. Categories: Posted on February 28, 2019
Things We Do For Good Reasons: Contact Precautions for Multidrug-resistant Organisms, Including MRSA and VRE. Categories: Posted on February 28, 2019
Adherence to Recommended Inpatient Hepatic Encephalopathy Workup. Categories: Posted on February 28, 2019
Analysis of Readmissions Following Hospitalization for Cellulitis in the United States. Categories: Posted on February 28, 2019
Close Patient Follow-up Among Patients Receiving Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy. Categories: Posted on February 28, 2019
Clinical Guideline Highlights for the Hospitalist: The Use of Intravenous Fluids in the Hospitalized Adult. Categories: Posted on February 28, 2019
Early improvement in severely ill patients with pneumonia treated with ceftobiprole: a retrospective analysis of two major trials. Categories: Posted on February 28, 2019
Anticoagulation in Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis in Medically Ill Patients: Potential Impact of NOACs. Categories: Posted on February 28, 2019
Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis and Risk for Acutely Medically Ill Patients Stratified by Different Ages and Renal Disease Status. Categories: Posted on February 28, 2019
Outcomes of in-hospital cardiopulmonary resuscitation for patients with end-stage liver disease. Categories: Posted on February 28, 2019
Long-Term Management of Venous Thromboembolism: Lessons from EINSTEIN CHOICE and Other Extension Trials. Categories: Posted on February 27, 2019
Higher odds of irritable bowel syndrome among hospitalized patients using cannabis: a propensity-matched analysis. Categories: Posted on February 27, 2019
Factors Influencing Oral Anticoagulation Prescription for Patients Presenting to Emergency Departments With Atrial Fibrillation and Flutter. Categories: Posted on February 27, 2019
The association between insurance status and diagnostic imaging for acute abdominal pain among emergency department patients in the United States, 2005-2014. Categories: Posted on February 26, 2019
Discharge against medical advice from hospitalizations for substance use disorders: The potential impact of the Affordable Care Act. Categories: Posted on February 26, 2019
Medication Reconciliation in the Hospital: An Interactive Case-Based Session for Internal Medicine Residents. Categories: Posted on February 26, 2019
B-Type Natriuretic Peptides and Cardiac Troponins for Diagnosis and Risk-Stratification of Syncope. Categories: Posted on February 26, 2019
Prognosis of autoimmune hemolytic anemia in critically ill patients. Categories: Posted on February 26, 2019
Recommendations for Institutions Transitioning to High-Sensitivity Troponin Testing: JACC Scientific Expert Panel. Categories: Posted on February 26, 2019
Measuring Hospital-Acquired Complications Associated With Low-Value Care. Categories: Posted on February 26, 2019
Worsening renal failure in patients with acute heart failure: the importance of cardiac biomarkers. Categories: Posted on February 26, 2019
Use of a best practice alert linking Clostridoides difficile infection test results to a severity-based treatment order set. Categories: Posted on February 26, 2019
The utility of peripheral blood leucocyte ratios as biomarkers in infectious diseases: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Categories: Posted on February 26, 2019
Corticosteroids as adjunctive therapy in the treatment of influenza. Categories: Posted on February 25, 2019
Acute kidney injury following contrast media administration in the septic patient: A retrospective propensity-matched analysis. Categories: Posted on February 25, 2019
Effect of a HEART Care Pathway on Chest Pain Management Within an Integrated Health System. Categories: Posted on February 25, 2019
Using clinical decision support through the electronic medical record to increase prescribing of high-dose parenteral thiamine in hospitalized patients with alcohol use disorder. Categories: Posted on February 25, 2019
Single-Dose Dalbavancin and Patient Satisfaction in an Outpatient Setting in the Treatment of Acute Bacterial Skin and Skin Structure Infections. Categories: Posted on February 24, 2019
Association of serum uric acid change with mortality, renal function and diuretic dose administered in treatment of acute heart failure. Categories: Posted on February 24, 2019
Dabigatran dual therapy with ticagrelor or clopidogrel after percutaneous coronary intervention in atrial fibrillation patients with or without acute coronary syndrome: a subgroup analysis from the RE-DUAL PCI trial. Categories: Posted on February 23, 2019
Comparable effect of tolvaptan in heart failure patients with preserved or reduced ejection fraction. Categories: Posted on February 23, 2019
Preventing Hypoglycemia Following Treatment of Hyperkalemia in Hospitalized Patients. Categories: Posted on February 23, 2019
Updates in Management and Timing of Dialysis in Acute Kidney Injury. Categories: Posted on February 23, 2019
Limitation of Life-Sustaining Care in the Critically Ill: A Systematic Review of the Literature. Categories: Posted on February 23, 2019
Things We Do for No Reason: The Use of Thickened Liquids in Treating Hospitalized Adult Patients with Dysphagia. Categories: Posted on February 23, 2019
The Safety of Expectant Management for Adhesive Small Bowel Obstruction: A Systematic Review. Categories: Posted on February 23, 2019
Upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage in acute-on-chronic liver failure: prevalence, characteristics, and impact on prognosis. Categories: Posted on February 23, 2019
Integrating bedside nurses into antibiotic stewardship: A practical approach. Categories: Posted on February 23, 2019
2018 Practice guidelines for the management of arterial hypertension of the European Society of Hypertension (ESH) and the European Society of Cardiology (ESC). Categories: Posted on February 23, 2019
Practical Guide to the Identification and Diagnosis of Asthma-COPD Overlap (ACO). Categories: Posted on February 23, 2019
The rise of Clostridioides difficile infections and fall of associated mortality in hospitalized advanced cirrhotics. Categories: Posted on February 23, 2019
Identifying Novel Sepsis Subphenotypes Using Temperature Trajectories. Categories: Posted on February 23, 2019
Effect of changing urine testing orderables and clinician order sets on inpatient urine culture testing: Analysis from a large academic medical center. Categories: Posted on February 23, 2019
Adherence to fluid resuscitation guidelines and outcomes in patients with septic shock: Reassessing the “one-size-fits-all” approach. Categories: Posted on February 23, 2019
Once-Daily Plazomicin for Complicated Urinary Tract Infections. Categories: Posted on February 21, 2019
Rivaroxaban for Thromboprophylaxis in High-Risk Ambulatory Patients with Cancer. Categories: Posted on February 21, 2019
Risk factors for small bowel bleeding in an overt gastrointestinal bleeding presentation after negative upper and lower endoscopy. Categories: Posted on February 21, 2019
Things We Do for No Reason: Prescribing Docusate for Constipation in Hospitalized Adults. Categories: Posted on February 21, 2019
Things We Do For No Reason: Sliding-Scale Insulin as Monotherapy for Glycemic Control in Hospitalized Patients. Categories: Posted on February 21, 2019
Diagnostic Stewardship: A Clinical Decision Rule for Blood Cultures in Community-Onset Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Skin and Soft Tissue Infections. Categories: Posted on February 21, 2019
Eravacycline: A Review in Complicated Intra-Abdominal Infections. Categories: Posted on February 21, 2019
Efficacy of quick Sequential Organ Failure Assessment with lactate concentration for predicting mortality in patients with community-acquired pneumonia in the emergency department. Categories: Posted on February 21, 2019
Effect of rapid influenza diagnostic tests on patient management in an emergency department. Categories: Posted on February 21, 2019
Emergency department door-to-antibiotic time and long-term mortality in sepsis. Categories: Posted on February 20, 2019
Bag-Mask Ventilation during Tracheal Intubation of Critically Ill Adults. Categories: Posted on February 20, 2019
Extended-duration betrixaban versus shorter-duration enoxaparin for venous thromboembolism prophylaxis in critically ill medical patients: an APEX trial substudy. Categories: Posted on February 20, 2019
Adjunctive Intermittent Pneumatic Compression for Venous Thromboprophylaxis. Categories: Posted on February 20, 2019
Proton pump inhibitors and risk of acute and chronic kidney disease: a retrospective cohort study. Categories: Posted on February 20, 2019
Please stop using venous thromboembolism (VTE) outcomes for Pay-for-Performance and Public reporting. Categories: Posted on February 20, 2019
High 30-day readmission rates associated with Clostridiumdifficile infection. Categories: Posted on February 20, 2019
Implications of culture collection after the first antimicrobial dose in septic emergency department patients. Categories: Posted on February 20, 2019
Risk Factors for Community-Acquired Extended-Spectrum Beta-Lactamase-Producing Enterobacteriaceae Infections-A Retrospective Study of Symptomatic Urinary Tract Infections. Categories: Posted on February 19, 2019
Elevated Plasma D-Dimer in Adult Community-Acquired Pneumonia Patients is Associated with an Increased Inflammatory Reaction and Lower Survival. Categories: Posted on February 19, 2019
Ultrafiltration versus diuretics for the treatment of fluid overload in patients with heart failure: a hospital cost analysis. Categories: Posted on February 19, 2019
Effects of Roflumilast on Rehospitalization and Mortality in Patients. Categories: Posted on February 19, 2019
Implementation of a point-of-care ultrasound skills practicum for hospitalists. Categories: Posted on February 19, 2019
High-dose Intravenous Immunoglobulin to Treat Spontaneous Heparin-induced Thrombocytopenia Syndrome. Categories: Posted on February 19, 2019
Serial assessment of spot urine sodium predicts effectiveness of decongestion and outcome in patients with acute heart failure. Categories: Posted on February 19, 2019
Association of intensive care unit admission and mortality in patients with acute myocardial infarction. Categories: Posted on February 19, 2019
Elective Naloxone-Induced Opioid Withdrawal for Rapid Initiation of Medication-Assisted Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder. Categories: Posted on February 19, 2019
Do Antibiotics Improve Patient Outcomes in Acute Exacerbations of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease? Categories: Posted on February 19, 2019
Diastolic dysfunction on echocardiography does not predict survival after transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic stent-shunt in patients with cirrhosis. Categories: Posted on February 19, 2019
Cardiovascular Events and Hospital Deaths Among Patients With Severe Sepsis. Categories: Posted on February 19, 2019
Mechanisms of ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction in Patients Hospitalized for Noncardiac Conditions. Categories: Posted on February 19, 2019
Procalcitonin-Guided Antibiotic Discontinuation and Mortality in Critically Ill Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Categories: Posted on February 18, 2019
Universal screening for Clostridioides difficile in a tertiary hospital: risk factors for carriage and clinical disease. Categories: Posted on February 17, 2019
Factors associated with readmission and mortality in adult patients with skin and soft tissue infections. Categories: Posted on February 17, 2019
Impact of Optimal Medical Therapy at Discharge on 1-year Direct Medical Costs in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndromes: A Retrospective, Observational Database Analysis in China. Categories: Posted on February 17, 2019
Non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants with amiodarone, P-glycoprotein inhibitors, or polypharmacy in patients with atrial fibrillation: Systematic review and meta-analysis. Categories: Posted on February 17, 2019
Syncope in the German Nationwide inpatient sample – Syncope in atrial fibrillation/flutter is related to pulmonary embolism and is accompanied by higher in-hospital mortality. Categories: Posted on February 17, 2019
Long-Term Effects of Oxygen Therapy on Death or Hospitalization for Heart Failure in Patients With Suspected Acute Myocardial Infarction Categories: Posted on February 17, 2019
National Outcomes in Hospitalized Patients with Cancer and Comorbid Heart Failure. Categories: Posted on February 17, 2019
A decision-aid tool for ICU admission triage is associated with a reduction in potentially inappropriate intensive care unit admissions. Categories: Posted on February 16, 2019
Biomarkers for the prediction of early pulmonary embolism related mortality in spontaneous and provoked thrombotic disease. Categories: Posted on February 16, 2019
Dispersal of gram-negative bacilli from contaminated sink drains to cover gowns and hands during hand washing. Categories: Posted on February 16, 2019
Procalcitonin, mid-regional proadrenomedullin and C-reactive protein in predicting treatment outcome in community-acquired febrile urinary tract infection. Categories: Posted on February 16, 2019