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Strategies to Improve Hepatocellular Carcinoma Surveillance in Veterans With Hepatitis B Infection
Attitudes of patients as well as infectious disease, gastroenterology, and primary care providers need to be addressed to improve surveillance...
Opinion
Sharpen your ax
Once I knocked away the cobwebs, my confidence came back, and things went smooth as silk.
Article
Heart Transplantation Outcomes in Patients With Hepatitis C Virus Infection: Potential Impact of Newer Antiviral Treatments After Transplantation
This study found significant improvements in heart transplant outcomes and survival in patients with hepatitis C virus.
News
The hospitalist as intensivist
What roles, training, and support do hospitalists have and perceive in the intensive care unit?
News
Guidelines to optimize treatment of reduced ejection fraction heart failure
What guidance is there for clinical care of complex heart failure patients?
Article
Emergency Imaging: Femoral Pseudoaneurysm
An 84-year-old man presented for evaluation of an increasingly swollen mass on his left groin.
News
Don’t delay hip-fracture surgery
What is the association of wait time and 30-day mortality in patients undergoing hip-fracture surgery?
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Lower risk of ICH with dabigatran as compared to warfarin in atrial fibrillation
Is dabigatran superior to warfarin with regards to the risk of intracranial hemorrhage and myocardial infarction in patients with atrial...
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Providers’ prior imaging patterns and ownership of equipment are strong predictors of low-value imaging
Is there evidence that ownership of imaging equipment, prior ordering history, and ordering behavior in other clinical scenarios are associated...
News
High 5-year mortality in patients admitted with heart failure regardless of ejection fraction
Are there differences in 5-year outcomes in patients hospitalized with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (ejection fraction [EF],...
News
Use procalcitonin-guided algorithms to guide antibiotic therapy for acute respiratory infections to improve patient outcomes
How does using procalcitonin levels for adults with acute respiratory infections (ARIs) affect patient outcomes?
News
Delaying lumbar punctures for a head CT may result in increased mortality in acute bacterial meningitis
Can we safely perform lumbar punctures (LP) without neuroimaging in patients with acute bacterial meningitis (ABM)?
Article
Neuromodulation for Treatment-Refractory PTSD
Deep brain stimulation has been successful in treating Parkinson disease and essential tremor and is now reducing PTSD symptoms in the first...
Opinion
Defensive medicine’s stranglehold on the realities of practice
Patient history can unfortunately take a back seat to defensive medicine in emergency situations, writes Dr. Allan M. Block.