Mortality from a different kind of PE
U.S. hospitals might be seeing more ED deaths associated with a PE that's increasingly prominent in health care: private equity.
CPAP and BiPAP devices recalled
The FDA also announced plans to change the label on acetaminophen, among other actions.
Scores compared for predicting inpatient mortality in older medicine patients
A frailty score based on lab findings was a stronger predictor of inpatient mortality than one using hemoglobin, albumin, lymphocyte, and platelet levels, but both scores were associated with length of stay and likelihood of discharge to home in a retrospective Japanese study.
Pneumonia mortality in high-risk patients no lower with broad-spectrum antibiotics than narrow
In a retrospective analysis of Japanese patients who lived in nursing homes or required home care, 30-day in-hospital mortality rates from pneumonia were similar whether they received broad- or narrow-spectrum antibiotics, including in a subgroup with additional risk factors for resistance.
Many patients are not informed about post-intensive care syndrome
Only 16.6% of former ICU patients in a U.S. survey remembered “post-intensive care syndrome” ever being mentioned to them, and 58.2% agreed that they wished they had had more conversations about recovery from critical illness before leaving the ICU.
Fluid management by hydration status may improve some outcomes in sepsis patients
In patients in South Korea with hyperosmolar dehydration at sepsis onset, initial liberal fluid management was associated with improved lactate levels without worsening Sequential Organ Failure Assessment score but no change in 30-day mortality risk.
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Incarcerated inpatients
Understanding the needs of incarcerated patients and the resources available to them can help hospitalists provide the best bedside care.
Brief Case | October 8, 2025 | FREE
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Cases from the Medical College of Wisconsin
Endocarditis, blastomycosis, choledocholithiasis, and more.
Biomarker shows promise for longer-term risk prediction in cardiac ED patients
Growth differentiation factor-15 predicted risk of death or acute myocardial infarction (AMI) within 90 days in patients who were seen in the ED for suspected AMI but did not have an elevated troponin level at the time, an industry-funded study found.
Factors predict patients being infected with C. auris rather than just colonized
Comorbid conditions, invasive devices, and recent procedures were all associated with risk of progressing from Candida auris colonization to infection, a retrospective study of Florida patients found.
In-hospital delirium risk varies by race, socioeconomic status
Older hospitalized adults who were Black or Hispanic were more likely to have delirium at admission or to develop it during their hospital stay than White patients, a retrospective analysis of more than 260,000 patients found.
Study finds AI-generated discharge summaries superior to those written by humans
Discharge summaries generated by a large language model at a tertiary care center scored better on nine domains, including comprehensiveness, relevance, and specificity, according to physician reviewers. Those written by humans did use simpler language.
Finding experts in plain sight
A community residency program improved training in Indigenous health with the involvement of staff already working at the hospital.
Newman's Notions | October 1, 2025 | FREE
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Morbilliform
A rash provides historical lessons.
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