Hospital Medicine
- New bullous lesions in a 72-year-old woman
Her history included psoriasis, chronic lower-extremity edema, and hypertension.
- Dual antiplatelet therapy after percutaneous coronary intervention: Personalize the duration
A review of current guidelines on the duration of therapy and perioperative management.
- Point-of-care ultrasonography for the hospitalist
POCUS has emerged as a vital tool in various disciplines of medicine.
- Update in perioperative cardiac medicine 2021
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- Update in perioperative cardiac medicine 2021
New light on preoperative assessment and on the need for anticoagulation.
- Update on medical management of acute hip fracture
Emphasis is on prompt surgery, multimodal analgesia, and enhanced recovery pathways.
- Median arcuate ligament syndrome: Incidental finding or real problem?
A woman was admitted with pain in the epigastrium and right upper quadrant that radiated to the back, as well as nausea and dry heaves.
- Median arcuate ligament syndrome: A clinical dilemma
Patients with chronic abdominal pain can benefit from a multidisciplinary evaluation.
- 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.