March 2011, Volume 6, Issue Number 3

Original Research

Original Research

A comparison of outcomes of general medical inpatient care provided by a hospitalist‐physician assistant model vs a traditional resident‐based model

Author:

Siddhartha Singh, MD, MS

Kathlyn E. Fletcher, MD, MA

Marilyn M. Schapira, MD, MPH

Mary Conti, RN

Sergey Tarima, PhD

Lee A. Biblo, MD

Jeff Whittle, MD, MPH
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Original Research

Retrospective review of emergency response activations during a 13‐year period at a tertiary care children's hospital

Author:

George Sam Wang, MD

Nicole Erwin, BA

Jeannie Zuk, PhD, RN

Desmond B. Henry, MD

Emily L. Dobyns, MD
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Original Research

Investing in the future: Building an academic hospitalist faculty development program

Author:

Niraj L. Sehgal, MD, MPH

Bradley A. Sharpe, MD

Andrew A. Auerbach, MD, MPH

Robert M. Wachter, MD
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Original Research

The use of sodium polystyrene sulfonate in the inpatient management of hyperkalemia

Author:

Chad Kessler, MD, FACEP, FAAEM

Jaclyn Ng, PharmD

Kathya Valdez, MD

Hui Xie, PhD

Brett Geiger, PharmD
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Original Research

Development, validation, and results of a measure of 30‐day readmission following hospitalization for pneumonia

Author:

Peter K. Lindenauer, MD, MSc

Sharon‐Lise T. Normand, PhD

Elizabeth E. Drye, MD, SM

Zhenqiu Lin, PhD

Katherine Goodrich, MD

Mayur M. Desai, PhD, MPH

Dale W. Bratzler, DO, MPH

Walter J. O'Donnell, MD

Mark L. Metersky, MD

Harlan M. Krumholz, MD, MSc
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Original Research

Bringing generalists into the hospital: Outcomes of a family medicine hospitalist model in Singapore

Author:

Kheng Hock Lee, MBBS, MMed (FM), FCFP

Yong Yang, MBBS, MMed, MSc, PhD

Kok Soong Yang, MBBS, MMed (PH)

Biauw Chi Ong, MBBS, MMed, FAMS

Han Seong Ng, MBBS, M Med (Int Med), FRCP (Edin), FAMS
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Original Research

Cognitive error as the most frequent contributory factor in cases of medical injury: A study on verdict's judgment among closed claims in Japan

Author:

Yasuharu Tokuda, MD, MPH

Naoki Kishida, MD

Ryota Konishi, MD

Shunzo Koizumi, MD
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Clinical Care Conundrums

Clinical Care Conundrums

Mapping out the diagnosis

Author:

Yoshiro Hadano, MD

Gurpreet Dhaliwal, MD

Sanjay Saint, MD, MPH

Lawrence M. Tierney, MD

Hideta Sakemi, MD
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Transforming Healthcare

Transforming Healthcare

ACEi/ARB for systolic heart failure: Closing the quality gap with a sustainable intervention at an academic medical center

Author:

Qi Qian, MD

Dennis M. Manning, MD, SFHM, FACP

Narith Ou, Pharm, D

Mark J. Klarich, MBS

Dorinda J. Leutink, RN

Ann R. Loth, RN, CNS

Francisco Lopez‐Jimenez, MD
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Editorial

Editorial

His mother

Author:

Ashish Verma, MD, MRCP

Maura J. Brennan, MD
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Brief Reports

Brief Reports

A descriptive case series of patients with end‐stage liver disease hospitalized with variceal bleeding who received pharmacologic venous thromboembolism prophylaxis

Author:

Anneliese M. Schleyer, MD, MHA

Mark W. Smith, MD

Kenneth M. Jarman, PharmD

Paul K. Crane, MD MPH

Astrid B. Schreuder, PhD

J. Richard Goss, MD MPH
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CME

CME

Continuing Medical Education Program in the Journal of Hospital Medicine

Author:

Thomas E. Baudendistel, MD, FACP

Peter K. Lindenauer, MD, MSc

Sharon‐Lise T. Normand, PhD

Elizabeth E. Drye, MD, SM

Zhenqiu Lin, PhD

Katherine Goodrich, MD

Mayur M. Desai, PhD, MPH

Dale W. Bratzler, DO, MPH

Walter J. O'Donnell, MD

Mark L. Metersky, MD

Harlan M. Krumholz, MD, MSc
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Case Reports

Case Reports

A multiple choice answer?

Author:

Christina To, MD

Jason Napolitano, MD
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Table of Contents

Original Research

Original Research

Original Research

Original Research

Original Research

Original Research

Original Research

Original Research

Clinical Care Conundrums

Clinical Care Conundrums

Transforming Healthcare

Transforming Healthcare

Editorial

Editorial

Brief Reports

Brief Reports

CME

CME

Case Reports

Case Reports