Sending HM to the stars
Eric Howell, MD, expects hospital medicine (HM) to keep growing and improving care amid challenges including burnout and private equity.
Eric Howell, MD, expects hospital medicine (HM) to keep growing and improving care amid challenges including burnout and private equity.
A pulmonologist offered her do's and don'ts for treating chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
Factors including age, frailty, and type of operation could be used to better inform patients about how long it will be—from less than 30 days to never—before they are likely to return home after surgery, according to a study using a cohort from a Veterans Affairs (VA) database.
The importance of white blood cell response, especially neutrophil percentage, to detecting bacteremia was shown by a retrospective study that calculated interval likelihood ratios for bacteremia based on a complete blood count with differential.
No difference in a composite outcome of recurrent ischemic stroke, symptomatic intracranial hemorrhage, unclassifiable stroke, or systemic embolism was seen between patients with atrial fibrillation who received anticoagulation four or fewer days after an ischemic stroke and those who received it between seven and 14 days after, a British trial found.
Between 34% and 50% of Medicare beneficiaries with incomes that are low, but above Medicaid eligibility, would be unable to cover the $1,600 out-of-pocket cost associated with a hospital stay, research shows.
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Eye-level conversations with patients can improve their satisfaction with an encounter and potentially yours, too, a researcher explains.
Salicylate toxicity, mucormycosis, and more.
Patients with sepsis and kidney impairment who received albumin within 24 hours of admission were more than twice as likely to need renal replacement therapy compared with similar patients who did not receive albumin during hospitalization, according to a retrospective study.
Hospital medicine attendings spent an average of 129 minutes per day in the electronic health record (EHR) while on a teaching service compared to 240 minutes while on a direct care service, but usage patterns varied widely from physician to physician, a single-center study found.
Hospitalists who took over care from a physician going off service were surveyed about the diagnoses of handed-off patients; 18.2% of the patients had a diagnosis change, and in 5.8% of cases, there appeared to have been a diagnostic error.
Male and female patients had similar rates and types of serious complications after high-risk surgery in a cohort of over 860,000 Medicare beneficiaries, but female patients were more likely to die within 30 days of surgery.
Experts are working on strategies to reduce the volume and interruptions of clinical texting.
“In every job that must be done, there is an element of fun” includes the geriatric consult service.
A reader responds to a recent research summary on trainees' confidence.