Wednesday, January 31, 2018

Who’da thunk: hospital mortality down during Joint Commission visits

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From JAMA Internal Medicine . The article talks about unannounced JC visits. True, they are unannounced, but not un...
Tuesday, January 30, 2018

Why are docs the only ones who can’t use jargon?

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Via Kevin MD .
Monday, January 29, 2018

IVIG for severe refractory HIT

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Preliminary results are encouraging .
Sunday, January 28, 2018

A complication of IVC filters

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From JAMA Internal Medicine : A woman in her 20s with ulcerative colitis presented with acute-onset left-sided pleu...
Saturday, January 27, 2018

Parenteral angiotensin II: will it have a role in the treatment of shock?

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Here’s a systematic review on the safety : Objective: Angiotensin II is an endogenous hormone with vasopr...
Friday, January 26, 2018

SGLT2 inhibitors for DM 2 reduce blood pressure

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A systemic review and meta-analysis .
Thursday, January 25, 2018

Machine learning in medicine

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This JAMA Viewpoint article highlights the weakness of reliance of computer decision support for diagnostics.

Patterns of interstitial lung disease in the elderly

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From a recent paper in Chest : Background Despite the relationship between idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (I...
Wednesday, January 24, 2018

Appealing to patients’ altruism to reduce low value care: surprise surprise, it doesn’t work

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Not only that, it results in lower physician ratings .  From a recent paper in JGIM: Objective To determin...

Choosing ever so slightly more wisely?

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From the Journal of Hospital Medicine : As part of the Choosing Wisely® campaign, the Society of Hospital Medicine ...

H pylori diagnosis: FAQs

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Here are some key points from a recent review . Who should be tested? Any one with PUD, past or active...
Tuesday, January 23, 2018

Jump into the political fray or you’ve made the wrong moral choice and are guilty of harm

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And be sure you line up on the correct side. Berwick .

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) FAQs

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Unless stated otherwise the information below is based on a review in Circulation. It’s a little dated but good, and avail...
Monday, January 22, 2018

Your patient wants to leave AMA. Now what?

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There’s an interesting article in the Journal of Hospital Medicine on what to do when a patient wants to leave the hospital...
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Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) with a focus on diagnosis and screening

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Here is a free full text review . Recommendations are that all patients with cirrhosis be screened as well as certai...
Sunday, January 21, 2018

Calcium pyrophosphate crystal deposition disease

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Below are some key points from a couple of free full text reviews [ 1 ] [ 2 ]. Terminology has changed and can be co...
Saturday, January 20, 2018

The importance of nutrition in cystic fibrosis

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From a recent review : Recent findings Evidence-based and expert-based guidelines emphasize the need for ad...
Friday, January 19, 2018

Insomnia as a cardiovascular disease risk factor

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From a review in Chest : Insomnia is the most prevalent sleep disorder in the United States and has high comorbidit...
Thursday, January 18, 2018

Insulin in type 2 diabetes: are we pushing too hard?

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From a recent meta-analysis : Conclusions There is no significant evidence of long term efficacy of in...
Wednesday, January 17, 2018

Inhaled steroid/beta agonist treatments improved oxygenation in patients at risk for ARDS

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From the report : Objectives: Effective pharmacologic treatments directly targeting lung injury in patien...