Feb. 2018, Volume 13, Issue Number 2 | MDedge

Table of Contents

Feb 2018
Vol. 13
No. 2

Brief Reports

Brief Reports

Supporting Faculty Development in Hospital Medicine: Design and Implementation of a Personalized Structured Mentoring Program

Author:

Amulya Nagarur, MD

Regina M. O’Neill, PhD, MBA

Donna Lawton, MS

Jeffrey L. Greenwald, MD

1Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts; 2Suffolk University, Sawyer Business School, Boston, Massachusetts...
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Clinical Care Conundrums

Clinical Care Conundrums

Thinking Outside the Checkbox

Author:

Maki Kanamori, MD

Gurpreet Dhaliwal, MD

Masami Matsumura, MD

Bradley Monash, MD

1Department of General Internal Medicine, Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital, Kobe, Japan; 2Department of Medicine, University of...
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Original Research

Original Research

The Pipeline From Abstract Presentation to Publication in Pediatric Hospital Medicine

Author:

Lisa E. Herrmann, MD, MEd

Matthew Hall, PhD

Kathryn Kyler, MD

Joseph Cochran

Annie L. Andrews, MD, MSCR

Derek J. Williams, MD, MPH

Karen M. Wilson, MD, MPH

Samir S. Shah, MD, MSCE

1Division of Hospital Medicine, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio; 2Children’s Hospital Association, Lenexa, Kansas...
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Original Research

Observational Study of Peripheral Intravenous Catheter Outcomes in Adult Hospitalized Patients: A Multivariable Analysis of Peripheral Intravenous Catheter Failure

Author:

Nicole Marsh, RN, BN

Joan Webster, RN, BA

Emily Larsen, RN, BN, GDipHlthRes

Marie Cooke, RN, PhD

Gabor Mihala, Meng (Mech), GCert (Biostat)

Claire M. Rickard, RN, PhD

1Nursing & Midwifery Research Centre, Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; 2School of Nursing and Midwifery,...
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Original Research

Patterns and Predictors of Short-Term Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter Use: A Multicenter Prospective Cohort Study

Author:

David Paje, MD, MPH

Anna Conlon, PhD

Scott Kaatz, DO, MSc

Lakshmi Swaminathan, MD

Tanya Boldenow, MD

Steven J. Bernstein, MD, MPH

Scott A. Flanders, MD

Vineet Chopra, MD, MSc

1The Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan; 2The Patient Safety Enhancement Program of the...
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Reviews

Reviews

Review of Strategies to Reduce Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infection (CLABSI) and Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI) in Adult ICUs

Author:

Payal K. Patel, MD, MPH

Ashwin Gupta, MD

Valerie M. Vaughn, MD

Jason D. Mann, MSA

Jessica M. Ameling, MPH

Jennifer Meddings, MD, MSC

1Ann Arbor Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan; 2Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of...
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Position Statements

Position Statements

Credentialing of Hospitalists in Ultrasound-Guided Bedside Procedures: A Position Statement of the Society of Hospital Medicine

Author:

Brian P. Lucas, MD, MS

David M. Tierney, MD

Trevor P. Jensen, MD, MS

Ria Dancel, MD

Joel Cho, MD

Mahmoud El-Barbary, MD, PhD, MSc

Ricardo Franco-Sadud, MD

SHM Point-of-Care-Ultrasound Task Force

Nilam Soni, MD, MS

1Medicine Service, White River Junction VA Medical Center, White River Junction, Vermont; 2Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College, Hanover...
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Position Statements

Recommendations on the Use of Ultrasound Guidance for Adult Thoracentesis: A Position Statement of the Society of Hospital Medicine

Author:

Ria Dancel, MD

Daniel Schnobrich, MD

Nitin Puri, MD

Ricardo Franco-Sadud, MD

Joel Cho, MD

Loretta Grikis, MLS

Brian P. Lucas, MD, MS

Mahmoud El-Barbary, MD, PhD, MSc

SHM Point of Care Ultrasound Task Force

And Nilam J. Soni, MD, MS

1Division of Hospital Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina; 2Division of General Internal Medicine, University of...
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