Statin Discontinuation & Limited Life Expectancy
Discontinuing statin therapy in patients with limited life expectancy appears to be safe and...
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Hospital Medicine
Aspirin Lowers Mortality in Pneumonia Patients
Chronic aspirin use appears to lower 30-day mortality among patients hospitalized with pneumonia,...
Read MoreOutcomes for Frequent ED Users
Frequent ED users appear to have higher mortality rates and are at greater risk for being admitted to the hospital when compared with non-frequent users, according to findings of a meta-analysis. Frequent ED users had a 2.2-fold...
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Predicting Discharge to Post-Acute Care
A study has found that conducting individualized risk assessments of discharge to post-acute care...
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ICDs After In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest
Investigators from the American Heart Association suggest that implantable...
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It Ain’t What You Don’t Know…
A while back, I was on call on a Saturday night when we got a notification of an incoming trauma,...
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US News: 2015-2016 Best Hospitals
US News & World Report released its 2015 list of the nation’s best hospitals, assessing...
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Reducing Imaging Use in Pediatric Appendicitis
Use of ultrasound as the first imaging modality to diagnose pediatric appendicitis appears to have...
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Adding Ablation to Mitral Valve Surgery
Adding atrial fibrillation (AF) ablation to mitral valve surgery appears to significantly increase...
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AUA 2015 for Surgeons
New research was presented at AUA 2015, the annual meeting of the American Urological Association,...
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Team Approach Benefits ED Residents
Emergency medicine (EM) faculty physicians are often challenged to develop clinical experiences...
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Heart Failure Care by Provider Type
Acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF) care that is delivered by cardiologists appears to result...
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Calif. Vaccine Bill Bans Personal, Religious Exemptions
In the US, we eradicated measles. The 20th century brought one of the greatest weapons ever to...
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Managing CKD in Patients With HIV
Studies indicate that up to one-third of people with HIV has abnormal kidney function. Chronic...
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The 2015 Immunization Schedule for Adults
Based on three changes in the area of adult immunizations that occurred recently, the CDC’s...
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Is Marcus Welby Medicine Dead?
The patient was an elderly priest who had been awake all night vomiting. He was too sick to come...
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High Expectations & Physician Suicide
A friend on Facebook recently forwarded a news article and a link to a physician blog about the...
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Preventing SSIs: An Evidence-Based Update
According to recent data, surgical site infections (SSIs) are common complications in acute care...
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Malpractice Reform’s Effect on ED Care
It is often claimed that “defensive medicine” is a major source of wasteful medical spending. One...
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