http://www.the-hospitalist.org The Hospitalist : Topic : Clinical http://www.the-hospitalist.org/details/article/1456193/Smartphone_Use_During_Rounds_Comes_Under_Fire.html <p>Handheld devices can be a serious source of distraction</p> 2012-01-31T21:17:00Z http://www.the-hospitalist.org/details/article/1451737/New_Atrial_Fibrillation_Care_Interventions_Released.html <p>Tools geared toward care providers, patients, family members address stroke risk and quality of care</p> 2012-01-24T21:25:00Z http://www.the-hospitalist.org/details/article/1451733/In_the_Literature_Research_You_Need_to_Know.html <p>Phlebotomy blood loss associated with hospital-acquired anemia during acute myocardial infarction</p> 2012-01-24T21:22:00Z http://www.the-hospitalist.org/details/article/1445291/FDA_Investigates_Major_Bleeding_Events_in_Dabigatran_Patients.html <p>Patients should not stop taking dabigatran without first talking to their doctors, the FDA cautions</p> 2012-01-23T20:37:00Z http://www.the-hospitalist.org/details/article/1438791/In_the_Literature_Research_You_Need_to_Know.html <p>Pneumonia patients experiencing delayed clinical stability have increased risk of post-discharge complications</p> 2012-01-10T22:15:00Z http://www.the-hospitalist.org/details/article/1435613/The_Five-Day_Blues_A_New_Delineation_for_Late-Onset_Central-Line_Infections.html <p>New study finds that infection rates rise dramatically after the fifth day post-insertion</p> 2012-01-04T20:05:00Z http://www.the-hospitalist.org/details/article/1429571/ONLINE_EXCLUSIVE_The_Case_Against_a_Common_Denominator_for_Urinary_Tract_Infecti.html <p>Beware the data in relation to their intended purpose, hospitalist-researcher says</p> 2012-01-04T05:51:00Z http://www.the-hospitalist.org/details/article/1429565/ONLINE_EXCLUSIVE_The_Culture_of_Medicine_Must_Change_Watchdog_Group_Says.html <p>Kevin Kavanagh, MD, MS, FACS, director of Somerset, Ky.-based Health Watch USA, discusses the lingering difficulty in changing the culture of medicine to embrace such proven HAI interventions as basic hand hygiene and checklists</p> 2012-01-04T05:46:00Z http://www.the-hospitalist.org/details/article/1429687/A_Winnable_Battle.html <p>Hospitalists are well-positioned to lead measured, team approaches to snuff out common hospital-acquired infections</p> 2011-12-21T07:36:00Z http://www.the-hospitalist.org/details/article/1429683/In_the_Literature_The_latest_research_you_need_to_know.html <p>Procalcitonin-guided therapy decreases antimicrobial duration in ICU patients; High residual platelet reactivity increases risk of cardiovascular events among patients with acute coronary syndromes undergoing PCI; Conservative treatment of necrotizing pancreatitis is associated with improved outcomes; Cardiac MRI complements clinical findings in diagnosis of stress cardiomyopathy; Increased risk of potentially inadvertent medication discontinuation following acute-care hospitalization; Clinical exam remains valuable in the diagnosis of patients admitted to a medicine service; RDW predicts all-cause mortality and bloodstream infection in ICU patients</p> 2011-12-21T07:29:00Z