When HF Worsens in the Hospital
Acute heart failure (HF) leads to more than 1 million hospitalizations in the United States each...
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Author: TimH
Hypertension: Examining Cost Effectiveness of Treatment
According to current estimates, 44% of the 64 million adults in the United States with...
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Hospital Medicine 2015
New research was presented at Hospital Medicine 2015, the annual meeting of the Society of...
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Managing Migraine in the ED
Migraine is one of the most common disorders for which patients seek medical treatment in the ED....
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Post-Op Pain in Pediatric Urology
Management of pain is a critical aspect of postoperative care in pediatric urology. Currently,...
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Improving Mucus Clearance in COPD
The mucus hyper-secretion that characterizes COPD has been shown to contribute to disease-related...
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An Update on Managing IBS & CIC
IBS and chronic idiopathic constipation (CIC) are among the most common functional...
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Sexual Risk Behavior & Viral Suppression in Patients With HIV
Research indicates that nearly 90% of new HIV infections in the United States in 2010 were...
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Heart Disease, Sex Differences, & Mental Stress
Clinical research has demonstrated that there is a relationship between mental stress and...
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Preparing for Avian Influenza Outbreaks
Who Flew the Coop? Few studies have determined the likelihood of emergency nurses reporting to...
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Examining the Timing of ED Return Visits
In 2012, CMS implemented reimbursement penalties for hospitals with excessive inpatient...
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POLST & Emergency Medicine: Considering the Issues
Emergency physicians frequently care for dying patients and are forced to make time-sensitive...
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Guidelines for Managing ACL Injuries
Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tears are among the most common injuries that occur in athletes...
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Bariatric Surgery: Looking at Long-Term Follow-Up
Many published studies on bariatric surgery are retrospective, short-term analyses with...
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Guidelines for Methadone Safety
Methadone is used for the treatment of opioid addiction and for chronic pain, but safety of the...
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Echocardiography Use in Pediatric Heart Patients
With the rapid advance-ment of cardiovascular imaging technologies, it is important for physicians...
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Women & IHD: Coming to a Consensus
In recent decades, physicians have used the male model of testing to identify coronary artery...
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