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Cranial nerve III palsy

A patient with kidney disease and diabetes presented with diplopia and severe left-sided ptosis.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/12/07/free/brief-case-cranial-nerve-III-palsy.htm
7 Dec 2022

Studies estimate risks of bleeding, death in patients with cancer and atrial fibrillation

One recent study compared the predictive value of the HAS-BLED, ATRIA, and ORBIT scores in patients with cancer and afib, while another looked at clot, bleeding, and mortality risk with warfarin versus a direct-acting oral anticoagulant in patients with both conditions.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/12/07/studies-estimate-risks-of-bleeding-death-in-patients-with-cancer-and-atrial-fibrillation.htm
7 Dec 2022

Hospitalist encounters of the third kind

A first-year medical student reflects on a week of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/11/09/free/hospitalist-encounters-of-the-third-kind.htm
9 Nov 2022

Physician gestalt safer but less efficient than prediction models for diagnosing bacteremia

In patients with suspected infection, physicians estimating on their own had fewer false negatives, but two validated prediction models more accurately identified the group of patients who could go without blood cultures because they did not have bacteremia, a Japanese study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/11/09/physician-gestalt-safer-but-less-efficient-than-prediction-models-for-diagnosing-bacteremia.htm
9 Nov 2022

Most U.S. patients hospitalized with severe monkeypox had HIV infection

Of 57 adult patients who were hospitalized with severe manifestations of monkeypox during the current outbreak, 82% had HIV infection, 30% received ICU-level care, and 21% died, according to a recent CDC report. All had dermatologic manifestations.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/11/02/free/most-us-patients-hospitalized-with-severe-monkeypox-had-hiv-infection.htm
2 Nov 2022

An atypical presentation of microscopic polyangiitis

A patient was admitted after outpatient labs indicated acute worsening of kidney disease and anemia.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/10/26/free/brief-case-an-atypical-presentation-of-microscopic-polyangiitis.htm
26 Oct 2022

Inpatient diagnoses of cellulitis by generalists frequently incorrect, review finds

Dermatology or infectious diseases specialists reversed more than a third of generalist physicians' diagnoses of cellulitis in the hospital, with statis dermatitis being the most common alternative diagnosis.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/10/12/inpatient-diagnoses-of-cellulitis-by-generalists-frequently-incorrect-review-finds.htm
12 Oct 2022