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Hospital-Based Medicine

News, opinions and meeting coverage in hospital-based medicine.

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When the Family Wants to Speak to the Doctor

Of all the things you do during your busy day, this might make the most difference

Vials of blood and a syringe lay on a blood/serum general laboratory requisition form.

Reference Ranges: Lab Values for Normal Adults

Here are the standard reference ranges for some of the most common adult lab tests

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Want to Reduce 'Frequent Flyers' at Your Hospital? Try This

Weekly meetings to discuss cases can help get patients out of the ED and into community care

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Virginia Docs Get Just $15 for Certain Medicaid ED Visits

Budget item determines 800 diagnoses, including asthma attacks, are "avoidable" emergency visits

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Precedex in Abdominal Surgery May Speed Up GI Function Recovery

Intraoperative use of dexmedetomidine in older adults also led to shorter hospital stays

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Q&A: Sterling Ransone, Jr., President of the American Academy of Family Physicians

Better pay and fewer paperwork hassles for members are high priorities for AAFP's new president

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CPR on a COVID Patient: Not a Moment to Waste Looking for PPE

Updated AHA guidance says resuscitation should not be delayed by mask availability

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More Physicians Are Now Employees Rather Than Owners

Here's what's behind the continued decline of independent practice

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Can Physicians Maintain Autonomy in Today's Healthcare System?

In an increasingly corporatized medical system, there are many interpretations of independence

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Is Private Equity a Dangerous Employer?

Firms' investments in healthcare continue to expand, at what cost?

A nurse and female gastroenterologist operating an endoscope during gastroscopic procedure of a male patient

Who Performs More Endoscopies During GI Training, Women or Men?

Survey finds lower total colonoscopies and EGDs completed by female GI fellows

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Hospital Policy Slashes IV Acetaminophen Use for Tonsillectomy

Standing orders for oral use led to better care, reduced cost, researchers said

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Spinal vs General Anesthesia in Hip Fracture Surgeries: It's a Draw

Neither type led to better outcomes at 60 days, study finds

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Anesthesiologists May Edge Out Nurses for Rapid Response Outside the ICU

Physician-led teams at Cleveland Clinic tied to declines in cardiac arrests, death

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COVID Conjures Up Mixed Feelings for Critical Care Anesthesiologists

Survey respondents cite burnout and stress, but also a sense of achievement

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The End of Job Security in Healthcare

We need to reverse several dangerous trends

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Nurse Killed in Times Square

Veteran oncology nurse was knocked over by fleeing burglar

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A Cup of Joe to Thwart Liver Fibrosis? How About Four

Study finds protective benefit with high consumption, though not for fatty liver disease

A deceased COVID-19 patient is wheeled to the morgue by a male healthcare worker wearing a protective mask.

We Lift Bodies Into the Morgue

The physical and emotional toll of the pandemic on providers often goes unseen

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UCLA Anesthesiologist Escorted Out of Work for Being Unvaccinated

Christopher Rake, MD, says he's "willing to lose everything" to avoid COVID vaccine

Essential workers march in downtown Manhattan carrying signs which read: MORE NURSES = BETTER CARE.

Three Ways Leadership Can Get Nurses Back at the Bedside

Our healthcare heroes need support now more than ever

A nurse wearing a protective mask and cannabis patch sewn to her scrubs holds out a bottle of medical cannabis.

Nurses See New Career Opportunities in Medical Cannabis Space

Some cite burnout and frustration with traditional healthcare settings as factors

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The Cost of Blood Platelets Is About to Surge

FDA's flawed new guidance for blood transfusion safety takes effect October 1

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BP Care in Black Barbershops Successfully Taken Up in Nashville

Los Angeles protocol adapted to a different city amid the COVID pandemic

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Where's the Evidence Guiding Updated Titration Standards?

The regulations threaten the well-being of both patients and critical care nurses

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'Privacy Exception' No Cure for Doctors' Open Notes Headaches

Provision is "unworkable," harms patients, and adds to clinical stress, doctors say

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Are Doctors Drowning in Inbox Overload?

The slow simmer of non-stop messaging boils over during the pandemic

A photo of Steven Arthur LaTulippe, MD, between the two halves of a protective mask torn in half.

Oregon Doc Loses License for Not Wearing a Mask, Spreading Misinformation

Steven LaTulippe also mismanaged numerous pain patients

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Q&A: Loice Swisher, MD, on National Physician Suicide Awareness Day

Showing her own vulnerability helps others, she says

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Kentucky Hospital Can Deny Ivermectin to COVID Patient, Says Judge

Patient's wife sued after demanding the controversial drug be used

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There's a Workaround for a Common 'Open Notes' Criticism

Exception says doctor can delay releasing bad news if patient gave prior consent

Photos of the chandelier made of 271 glass vials of the Moderna vaccine and about 10 Johnson & Johnson vials.

Nurse Glitzes Up Gloomy Times With Vaccine Chandelier

"Light of Appreciation" commemorates lives saved and those who helped in vaccine efforts

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Can Lighter-Weight Mesh Cut Pain in Open Ventral Hernia Repair?

Head-to-head trial pits medium-weight polypropylene meshes against heavy-weight mesh

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More Than a Nursing Shortage: A 'Skills Gap', Too

Health systems grapple with a widening skills gap as seasoned nurses leave the field

A pregnant woman wearing an oxygen mask in the ICU.

More States Seeing Uptick of Pregnant COVID Patients in ICUs

Nearly all are unvaccinated, sources say

Myocarditis VAERS Analysis Sparks Social Media Uproar

Doctors worry misinterpretation will fuel misinformation campaigns

Medfluencer: From Med Student to YouTube Star: Meet America Revere, MD

Sharing her everyday life, this surgery resident has become a must-watch vlogger

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Open Notes Shines Light on Errors in Patient Medical Records

Will the new rule lead to a flood of correction requests?

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Patients Can Get Medical Record Errors Amended, but It's Not Easy

Technology is lacking, process may be unclear

Triplet Therapy Proves Safe in Resectable Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma

Atezolizumab add-on offers promising outcomes in phase I trial

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