As I enter his room, I am taken aback He’s healthy and strong And his eyes full of spark He’s pleading to me please don’t give me bad news Give me something to hold to, some hope I can... 2024 ...

His yellow eyes, his yellow skin, kept watching me As I enter in His soul was begging to keep going Although inside me, I was knowing He wouldn’t last another week He would be gone within a... 2024 ...

As I enter his room, I am taken aback He’s healthy and strong And his eyes full of spark He’s pleading to me please don’t give me bad news Give me something to hold to, some hope I can... His yellow ...

Clinical question: Do patients receiving pre-operative angiotensin axis blockade (AAB) prior to elective major orthopedic surgery have an increased risk of peri-operative hypotension and acute kidney ...

An RIV poster presented at SHM’s annual meeting describes the application of health information technology to improve the quality of hospital discharge summaries. 4 Lead author Kristen Lewis, MD, in ...

Physicians suffer from “arrested development,” said Dr. Chiang, a hospitalist and chief of inpatient services at Boston Children’s Hospital, during a PHM2014 workshop on the basics of negotiation. Dr.

The Hospitalist has grabbed the attention and interest of physicians and industry professionals across the country for 18 years. Now, it has the attention of another type of professional body—the ...

A 75-year-old woman with a previous medical history of high blood pressure, diabetes mellitus, stage 4 chronic kidney disease, and lung cancer was admitted to the hospital with chest pain and ...

Clinical question: Does hydrocortisone and fludrocortisone reduce all-cause mortality among patients with septic shock due to community-acquired pneumonia (CAP)? Background: A meta-analysis of 17 ...

How do U.S. hospitalists find their way into international hospital medicine and global health care—and what have they learned on the journey? Several hospitalist leaders in global health care ...

Clinical question: Does inhaled amikacin reduce the incidence of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) in critically ill patients? Background: VAP is a common and serious complication in patients on ...

Clinical question: What is the prevalence of metronidazole-related neurologic adverse events and what are the risk factors associated with these events? Background: A 2021 study reported neurologic ...