Dec. 2014, Volume 9, Issue Number 12

Research Letters

Research Letters

Reductions in telemetry order duration do not reduce telemetry utilization

Author:

Joel C. Boggan, MD, MPH

Ann Marie Navar‐Boggan, MD, PhD

Vaishali Patel, MD

Ryan D. Schulteis, MD, MS

David L. Simel, MD, MHS
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Research Letters

Trends in blood‐product transfusion among inpatients in the United States from 2002 to 2011: Data from the Nationwide Inpatient Sample

Author:

Ranjan Pathak, MD

Vijaya Raj Bhatt, MBBS

Paras Karmacharya, MD

Madan Raj Aryal, MD

Richard Alweis, MD
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Research Letters

Clearing the air: Inpatient providers' knowledge, perspectives, and experience with electronic cigarettes

Author:

Lawrence A. Haber, MD

Gabriel M. Ortiz, MD, PhD
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Research Letters

Use of paracentesis in hospitalized patients with decompensated cirrhosis and ascites: Opportunities for quality improvement

Author:

John Brooling, MD

Rony Ghaoui, MD

Peter K. Lindenauer, MD, MSc

Jennifer Friderici, MS

Tara Lagu, MD, MPH
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Research Letters

From hospital to community: Use of antipsychotics in hospitalized elders

Author:

Kah Poh Loh, BMedSci, MB BCh BAO

Sheryl Ramdass, BMedSci, MB BCh BAO

Jane L. Garb, MS

Maura J. Brennan, MD

Peter K. Lindenauer, MD, MSc

Tara Lagu, MD, MPH
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Original Research

Original Research

Impaired arousal at initial presentation predicts 6‐month mortality: An analysis of 1084 acutely ill older patients

Author:

Jin H. Han, MD, MSc

Eduard E. Vasilevskis, MD, MPH

Ayumi Shintani, PhD, MPH

Amy J. Graves, SM, MPH

John F. Schnelle, PhD

Robert S. Dittus, MD, MPH

James S. Powers, MD

Amanda Wilson, MD

Alan B. Storrow, MD

E. Wesley Ely, MD, MPH
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Original Research

Liability impact of the hospitalist model of care

Author:

Adam C. Schaffer, MD

Ann Louise Puopolo, BSN, RN

Supriya Raman, BE, MS

Allen Kachalia, MD, JD
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Original Research

Red blood cell transfusion: Impact of an education program and a clinical guideline on transfusion practice

Author:

Howard L. Corwin, MD

John W. Theus, MD

Christopher S. Cargile, MD

Nicholas P. Lang, MD
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Original Research

Relationships within inpatient physician housestaff teams and their association with hospitalized patient outcomes

Author:

Caitlin McAllister, MD

Luci K. Leykum, MD, MBA, MSc

Holly Lanham, PhD

Heather Schacht Reisinger, PhD

Jamie L. Kohn, MS

Ray Palmer, PhD

Carla Pezzia, PhD

Michael Agar, PhD

Michael Parchman, MD, MPH

Jacqueline Pugh, MD

Reuben R. McDaniel, EdD
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Original Research

Comparison of the microbiology and antibiotic treatment among diabetic and nondiabetic patients hospitalized for cellulitis or cutaneous abscess

Author:

Timothy C. Jenkins, MD

Bryan C. Knepper, MPH, MSc

S. Jason Moore, PhD, PA

Carla C. Saveli, MD

Sean W. Pawlowski, MD

Daniel M. Perlman, MD, MBA

Bruce D. McCollister, MD

William J. Burman, MD
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Original Research

Quality and safety during the off hours in medicine units: A mixed methods study of front‐line provider perspectives

Author:

Jed D. Gonzalo, MD, MSc

Eileen Moser, MD, MHPE, FACP

Erik Lehman, MS

Ethan Kuperman, MD, MSc
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Original Research

Prevalence and predictors of return visits to pediatric emergency departments

Author:

Ayobami T. Akenroye, MBChB, MPH

Cary W. Thurm, PhD

Mark I. Neuman, MD, MPH

Elizabeth R. Alpern, MD, MSCE

Geetanjali Srivastava, MD, MPH

Sandra P. Spencer, MD

Harold K. Simon, MD, MBA

Javier Tejedor‐Sojo, MD

Craig H. Gosdin, MD, MSHA

Elizabeth Brennan, MD

Laura M. Gottlieb, MD, MPH

James C. Gay, MD

Richard E. McClead, MD

Samir S. Shah, MD, MSCE

Anne M. Stack, MD
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Perspectives in Hospital Medicine

Perspectives in Hospital Medicine

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in adults: A brief review and ethical considerations for nonspecialist health providers and hospitalists

Author:

Ellen C. Meltzer, MD, MSc

Natalia S. Ivascu, MD

Cathleen A. Acres, RN, MA

Meredith Stark, PhD, MS

James N. Kirkpatrick, MD

Subroto Paul, MD

Art Sedrakyan, MD, PhD

Joseph J. Fins, MD, MACP
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Editorial

Editorial

Hospitalists and liability: Surprising findings that point back to patient safety

Author:

Kevin J. O'Leary, MD, MS

Andrew D. Auerbach, MD, MPH
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Table of Contents

Research Letters

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Original Research

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Original Research

Original Research

Original Research

Original Research

Perspectives in Hospital Medicine

Perspectives in Hospital Medicine

Editorial

Editorial