Addressing Global Infectious Diseases With Dual Infectious Diseases/Critical Care Medicine Fellowships
The discipline of infectious diseases is ever-growing, with a spectrum of practice pathways...
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Hospital Medicine
Head Injury, Cognitive Decline & Dementia Risk
Previous studies indicate that head injury is associated with substantial morbidity and mortality,...
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The Burden of Platelet Transfusions in Patients With CLD
Clinical guidelines recommend that patients who undergo invasive procedures have a platelet count...
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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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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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Barriers to Physician-Nurse Communication on Catheter Use
Data indicate that many healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) result from the use of medical...
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Analyzing the Quick SOFA Sepsis Screening Tool
“In 2016, the Sepsis-3 task force proposed the quick SOFA (qSOFA) score (2 or more of the...
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Psychiatric-Based Pediatric ED Visits: Addressing Inadequate Evaluation & Treatment
Currently configured as urgent medical care facilities, emergency departments (EDs) typically lack...
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Preventing Postoperative Vaginal Delivery Infection
Research indicates that both caesarean birth and operative vaginal birth (forceps or vacuum...
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Is There A July Effect in Cardiac Surgery?
Evidence suggests worse-than-normal outcomes in noncardiac surgery during the first month of the...
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A Novel Approach to Opioid Disposal
Current estimates suggest that 70-90% of opioids prescribed after surgery go unused, with most...
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Does White Coat Hypertension Really Matter?
In Annals of Internal Medicine, my colleagues and I published a systematic review and...
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Medicaid Expansion & Cardiovascular Mortality
Although the Affordable Care Act led to the largest ever expansion of Medicaid, several states...
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Economics of Hospital Palliative Care
Previous studies indicate that approximately half of Medicare spending is accounted for by those...
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First-Line Osimertinib May Up Survival in EGFR-Mutated NSCLC
For previously untreated disease, overall survival longer with osimertinib versus comparator EGFR-TKIs
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6.5 Percent of Adults Report Prescription Opioid Analgesic Use
Percentage using prescription opioid analgesic increased with age; use up for women versus men
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Daily Cannabis Use Tied to Lower Illicit Opioid Use for Chronic Pain
Findings based on longitudinal study in Canada of people who use drugs and report chronic pain
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RSNA: Brachytherapy Treats Skin Cancer in Elderly Patients
Brachytherapy alternative to Mohs surgery in early-stage nonmelanoma skin cancers of head, neck
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Postpartum Opioid Prescription Rates Vary Widely by Hospital
However, providers within the same hospital tend to follow similar prescription patterns
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Ubrogepant Relieves Pain, Symptoms of Acute Migraine
More patients receiving ubrogepant 50 mg, 100 mg versus placebo report freedom from pain at two hours
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