March 2019, Volume 14, Issue Number 3 | MDedge

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Mar 2019
Vol. 14
No. 3

Original Research

Original Research

Beyond Reporting Early Warning Score Sensitivity: The Temporal Relationship and Clinical Relevance of “True Positive” Alerts that Precede Critical Deterioration

Author:

Meredith C. Winter, MD

Sherri Kubis, RN, BSN, CCRN

Christopher P. Bonafide, MD, MSCE

¹Department of Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; ²Department of Nursing,...
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Original Research

Reducing Unnecessary Treatment of Asymptomatic Elevated Blood Pressure with Intravenous Medications on the General Internal Medicine Wards: A Quality Improvement Initiative

Author:

Zachary G Jacobs, MD

Nader Najafi, MD

Margaret C Fang, MD

Priya A Prasad, PhD, MPH

Yumiko Abe-Jones, MS

Andrew D Auerbach, MD, MPH, SFHM

Sajan Patel, MD

¹Division of Hospital Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco,...
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Original Research

Assess Before Rx: Reducing the Overtreatment of Asymptomatic Blood Pressure Elevation in the Inpatient Setting

Author:

Sara D Pasik, BA

Sophia Chiu, MS

Jeong Yang, BA

Catherine Sinfield, MPH

Nicole Zubizarreta, MPH

Rosemarie Ramkeesoon, FNP

Hyung J Cho, MD4

Mona Krouss, MD

¹Department of Medical Education, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York;²...
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Reviews

Reviews

Reviews Reenvisioned: Supporting Enhanced Practice Improvement for Hospitalists

Author:

Erin Shaughnessy, MD, MSHCM

Samir S Shah, MD, MSCE

Read G Pierce, MD

¹Division of Hospital Medicine, Phoenix Children’s Hospital, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Phoenix,...
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Reviews

Statistical Modeling and Aggregate-Weighted Scoring Systems in Prediction of Mortality and ICU Transfer: A Systematic Review

Author:

Daniel T Linnen, PhD, MS, RN-BC

Gabriel J Escobar, MD

Xiao Hu, PhD

Elizabeth Scruth, PhD, MPH, RN, CNS

Vincent Liu, MD, MS

Caroline Stephens, PhD, RN, GNP

¹Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, Inc., Patient Care Services, Nurse Scholars...
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Reviews

Clinical Guideline Highlights for the Hospitalist: Maintenance Intravenous Fluids in Infants and Children

Author:

Sonya Tang Girdwood, MD, PhD

Michelle W Parker, MD

Erin E Shaughnessy, MD, MSHCM

¹Division of Hospital Medicine, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio; ²...
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Reviews

Clinical Guideline Highlights for the Hospitalist: The Use of Intravenous Fluids in the Hospitalized Adult

Author:

Emily Gottenborg, MD

Read Pierce, MD

¹Division of Hospital Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Denver, Colorado.
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Brief Reports

Brief Reports

Adherence to Recommended Inpatient Hepatic Encephalopathy Workup

Author:

Dennis Kumral, MD

Rehan Qayyum, MD, MHS

Susan Roseff, MD

Richard K Sterling, MD, MSc

Mohammad S Siddiqui, MD

¹Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia; ²...
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Choosing Wisely: Next Steps

Choosing Wisely: Next Steps

Next Steps in Improving Healthcare Value: Postacute Care Transitions: Developing a Skilled Nursing Facility Collaborative within an Academic Health System

Author:

Sarah J Conway, MD

Anand K Parekh, MD, MPH

Andrew H Hughes, MD

Carol Sylvester, RN, MS

Sarah Himmelrich, MPH

Lindsay C Hebert, MSPH

Damien Doyle, MD

Michele Bellantoni, MD

Scott A Berkowitz, MD, MBA

¹The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland; ²Bipartisan Policy Center, Washington, DC;...
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Choosing Wisely: Things We Do For No Reason

Choosing Wisely: Things We Do For No Reason

Things We Do For No Reason: Contact Precautions for MRSA and VRE

Author:

Kristen Young, DO, MEd

Sarah B Doernberg, MD, MAS

Ruth Franks Snedecor, MD

Emily Mallin, MD, SFHM

¹Department of Medicine, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Phoenix, Arizona; ²Division of...
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Clinical Care Conundrums

Clinical Care Conundrums

Egad!

Author:

Laura Platt, MD

Scott R DeBoer, MD, PhD

Kevin Shenderov, MD, PhD

John C Probasco, MD

Elan L Guterman, MD

Reza Manesh, MD

C John Sperati, MD, MHS

¹Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland; ²Department...
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Perspectives in Hospital Medicine

Perspectives in Hospital Medicine

The Complex Problem of Women Trainees in Academic Medicine

Author:

Bridget Keenan, MD, PhD

Lekshmi Santhosh, MD

Vanessa Thompson, MD

Elizabeth Harleman, MD

¹Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California;...
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Leadership and Professional Development

Leadership and Professional Development

Leadership & Professional Development: Know Your TLR

Author:

Sanjay Saint, MD, MPH

Vineet Chopra MD, MSc

¹VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Ann Arbor, Michigan; ²Division of Hospital Medicine, University of...
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Editorial

Editorial

Treatment of Inpatient Asymptomatic Hypertension: Not a Call to Act but to Think

Author:

James Anstey, MD

Brian P Lucas, MD, MS

¹Division of Hospital Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco,...
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Editorial

The Critical Role of Hospitalists for Successful Hospital-SNF Integration Hospitalists and Hospital/SNF Integration

Author:

John McHugh, PhD, MBA

Patrick Shay, PhD

Bradley Flansbaum, DO, MPH

¹Department of Health Policy and Management, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, New...
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Editorial

Things We Do For Good Reasons: Contact Precautions for Multidrug-resistant Organisms, Including MRSA and VRE

Author:

Lisa L Maragakis, MD, MPH

John A Jernigan, MD, MS

¹Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore,...
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