A Look at Inappropriate Inpatient IV Opioid Use
With evidence indicating that overprescription of opioids has contributed to the current opioid...
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Hospital Medicine
Prevalence of C. difficile Carriage & Progression
More than 400,000 cases of Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) and nearly 30,000 deaths from...
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Prevalence of C. difficile Carriage & Progression
More than 400,000 cases of Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) and nearly 30,000 deaths from...
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A Look at Inappropriate Inpatient IV Opioid Use
With evidence indicating that overprescription of opioids has contributed to the current opioid...
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Infection-Related Hospitalization & Mortality in Patients With Psoriasis
Although previous studies suggest that psoriasis may be independently associated with an increased...
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Assessing MRSA Risk in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit: Who Warrants Empiric Therapy?
Data showing an increase in prevalence of MRSA and other multi-drug resistant organism (MDRO)...
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A Novel Response to Emergency Treatment & Transport
Currently, Medicare fee-for-service (FFS) pays for ambulance services only when patients are...
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Follow-Up Care & Post-Stroke Readmission
Research indicates that more than 750,000 patients per year are hospitalized for stroke in the US,...
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Validating the APPROACH CVICU Readmission Score
Published reports indicate that as many as 8% of cardiac surgical patients are readmitted to a...
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Developing ICU Recovery Centers
Data indicate that more than 6 million people will become critically ill each year, and of these...
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A Look at Inappropriate Inpatient IV Opioid Use
With evidence indicating that overprescription of opioids has contributed to the current opioid...
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Lowering Mortality In Patients With Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
A rare disease of unknown etiology, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is characterized by...
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Hormone Therapy for Subclinical Hypothyroidism
Previous studies indicate that subclinical hypothyroidism affects up to 10% of the adult...
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Food Poisoning & IBS-D Symptoms
Irritable bowel syndrome with diarrhea (IBS-D) is commonly encountered in clinical practice. The...
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Why We Need the Lede, in Both Journalism & Medicine
In journalism, the “lede” is the first part of a news story. A good lede will entice the reader to...
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Patient’s Perspective on High Hospital Use
Evidence indicates that a small portion of hospitalized patients comprises a majority of...
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Forging Past Fear During COVID19
The following was originally posted on March 22, 2020 by PW blogger Kelly Cawcutt, MD, to her...
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Asthma-Related ED Visits in Children With Depression & Anxiety
Research indicates that adults with asthma as well as depression, anxiety, or both demonstrate...
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Hormone Therapy for Subclinical Hypothyroidism
Previous studies indicate that subclinical hypothyroidism affects up to 10% of the adult...
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Inhaled Cannabis Cuts Headache, Migraine Severity
Findings based on self-reports from actual medical cannabis users
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