Hospital Medicine
- COVID-19: A management update
The authors examine current guidelines of the Infectious Diseases Society of America and the National Institutes of Health.
- Should you use compression duplex ultrasonography to detect deep vein thrombosis to evaluate unexplained fevers?
The authors provide recommendations on when to order imaging of the extremities in the evaluation of hospitalized patients with unexplained fever.
- Inpatient glycemic management in noncritically ill patients: Updated guidelines
The guidelines include a role for newer diabetes technologies and nontraditional insulin and noninsulin therapies.
- What is the most appropriate management of patients with acute decompensated heart failure who develop in-hospital hypotension?
The authors offer a tailored approach to risk-stratification in these patients that focuses on early recognition and management of symptomatic and clinically significant hypotension.
- Evaluating troponin elevation in patients with chronic kidney disease and suspected acute coronary syndrome
The authors examine challenges in diagnosing acute coronary syndrome in patients with chronic kidney disease and provide a diagnostic algorithm to risk-stratify these patients.