Hospital Medicine
- Imaging to evaluate suspected infective endocarditis
What if echocardiographic findings are initially negative and the patient continues to have bacteremia?
- COVID-19 diagnostic testing and the psychology of precautions fatigue
Overuse of special precautions can lead to diminished vigilance.
- Perioperative management of pregnant women undergoing nonobstetric surgery
If surgery during pregnancy is unavoidable, special management considerations apply.
- Cleveland Clinic—A century of progress
No one in their right mind would want to return to the “good old days.”
- COVID-19 coagulopathy
Skepticism of high-intensity prophylaxis for patients with D-dimer ≥ 3.0 µg/mL.
- In Reply: COVID-19 coagulopathy
An attempt to balance the potential risks and benefits of intensified prophylaxis.
- Is regular oxygen supplementation safe for obese postoperative patients?
Caution for some, but no evidence to support withholding it altogether.
- Recognition and management of respiratory co-infection and secondary bacterial pneumonia in patients with COVID-19
Consider the presentation and trajectory of illness.