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ID Consultants Lower Mortality and Cost of Hospital Stay
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Hospital Medicine Alert - Full December 2013 Issue in PDF
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Dabigatran Not Safe For Prosthetic Heart Valves
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Is Cardioversion After Acute Atrial Fibrillation Safe Without Anticoagulation?
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C. diff Transmission: It’s Complicated
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Pharmacology Watch: Do Perioperative Beta-Blockers Reduce Mortality?
Beta-blockers and noncardiac surgery; prenatal medication exposure and risk of autism; reasons for statin discontinuations; and FDA actions. -
Palliative Care in the ICU: Benefits and Controversies
The quality of care provided to patients and their families at end-of-life has become a key element in discussions on U.S. health care system reform. -
Clinical Briefs in Primary Care Supplement
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Critical Care Alert - Full June 2013 Issue in PDF
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Is Your Smart Phone Spreading Infection?
Bacteria were present on the cell phones of all hospital clinicians studied, with potentially pathogenic microorganisms isolated from 29% of them. Contamination with pathogens was found more commonly with smart phones than with non-smart phones, and by multivariable analysis no other factor was associated with this difference.