The nightmare of opioid addiction
You start your day refreshed, enthusiastic, and ready to take on every challenge that comes your way.
You print your list of patients for the day – not too bad, a mere 15; quite doable for a... (Source: Hospitalist News)
Source: Hospitalist News - July 7, 2016 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: research
Medical errors and the law
Question: A patient was admitted with heart failure, developed deep vein thrombosis, and was started on warfarin and Lovenox as “bridge” therapy. On day 4, the patient achieved anticoagulation... (Source: Hospitalist News)
Source: Hospitalist News - July 7, 2016 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: research
Apologizing for medical errors
Question: A patient was admitted with heart failure, developed deep vein thrombosis, and was started on warfarin and Lovenox as “bridge” therapy. On day 4, the patient achieved anticoagulation... (Source: Hospitalist News)
Source: Hospitalist News - July 7, 2016 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: research
Absorb bioresorbable vascular scaffold wins FDA approval
The Food and Drug Administration approved the first fully absorbable vascular scaffold designed for use in coronary arteries, the Absorb GT1 bioresorbable vascular scaffold system, made by... (Source: Hospitalist News)
Source: Hospitalist News - July 5, 2016 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: research
Multisite NIH-sponsored research can now use single IRB
In an effort to streamline multisite clinical research, the National Institutes of Health announced a new policy related to the use of institutional review boards (IRBs).
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Source: Hospitalist News - July 1, 2016 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: research
Permanent pacemaker in TAVR: Earlier implantation costs much less
PARIS – When a patient undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement needs a permanent pacemaker, the additional hospital costs are significantly less if the device is implanted within 24 hours... (Source: Hospitalist News)
Source: Hospitalist News - June 30, 2016 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: research
Seasonal variation not seen in <i>C. difficile</i> rates
BOSTON – No winter spike in Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) rates was seen among hospitalized patients after testing methodologies and frequency were accounted for, according to a large... (Source: Hospitalist News)
Source: Hospitalist News - June 30, 2016 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: research
Seasonal variation not seen in C. difficile rates
BOSTON – No winter spike in Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) rates was seen among hospitalized patients after testing methodologies and frequency were accounted for, according to a large... (Source: Hospitalist News)
Source: Hospitalist News - June 30, 2016 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: research
Midostaurin cut organ damage in systemic mastocytosis
Midostaurin completely resolved at least one type of organ damage for 45% of patients with advanced systemic mastocytosis, based on a multicenter, open-label, phase II, industry-sponsored trial.... (Source: Hospitalist News)
Source: Hospitalist News - June 29, 2016 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: research
Staffing, work environment drive VAP risk in the ICU
SAN FRANCISCO – The work environment for nurses and the physician staffing model in the intensive care unit influence patients’ likelihood of acquiring ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP), based on... (Source: Hospitalist News)
Source: Hospitalist News - June 29, 2016 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: research
HBV/HIV coinfection a significant risk factor for inpatient mortality
Patients coinfected with hepatitis B virus and HIV are at greater risk for in-hospital mortality, particularly in liver-related admissions, compared with HBV monoinfection, according to a study in... (Source: Hospitalist News)
Source: Hospitalist News - June 29, 2016 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: research
FDA panel narrowly endorses empagliflozin’s cardiovascular mortality benefit
ROCKVILLE, MD. – In a 12-11 vote, a Food and Drug Administration advisory panel just barely came down in favor of the agency adding a new labeling entry to the already-approved diabetes drug... (Source: Hospitalist News)
Source: Hospitalist News - June 29, 2016 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: research
ICU-based therapy fails to shorten hospital stay
Standardized rehabilitation therapy did not reduce hospital length of stay in patients with acute respiratory failure, based on data from a randomized trial of 300 adults published online in JAMA.... (Source: Hospitalist News)
Source: Hospitalist News - June 28, 2016 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: research
Primary care management of sepsis survivors does not improve mental health quality of life
Patients who have survived sepsis or septic shock do not receive any significant benefit in the quality of their mental health by receiving primary care management intervention, according to a new... (Source: Hospitalist News)
Source: Hospitalist News - June 28, 2016 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: research
As preventive, H2RA poses risks for patients on clopidogrel after bleeding ulcer
SAN DIEGO – New research suggests histamine-2 receptor antagonists aren’t a viable alternative to proton pump inhibitors to prevent recurrence of bleeding peptic ulcers in clopidogrel users.
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Source: Hospitalist News - June 27, 2016 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: research
