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Palliative Sedation to Alleviate Intractable Distress of the Dying Patient

A review of treatment options

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When Biology Meets Personal Choices

Risks for ischemic stroke and myocardial infarction were substantially higher in women with lupus anticoagulant who smoked or used oral contraceptives.

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Pneumococcal DNA Load in CAP

The Streptococcus pneumoniae DNA load in blood may have both diagnostic and therapeutic implications.

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Mortality in Dialysis Patients

Risk was elevated for both cardiovascular and noncardiovascular causes.

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Maternal Depression: We Must Be Aware

Among women with symptoms of postpartum depression, having a controlling partner was significantly associated with persistent depression.

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Prevention of Flu Transmission in Households

Hand hygiene and face masks can help prevent the spread of influenza.

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Price of Nonadherence to Antihypertensive Medications

High adherers had a significantly lower risk for cardiovascular disease.

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Anticholinergic Drugs and Acute Urinary Retention

Risk is highest during the first several weeks of treatment.

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Revascularization Is Ineffective for Atherosclerotic Renal Artery StenosisFree

This procedure conferred substantial risk without clinical benefit.

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Trends in ED Wait Times by Triage Class

Increasingly, EDs fail to provide care within the target time for their sickest patients.

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Immediate vs. Delayed ICU Admission for Patients with CAP

Direct admission to the ICU is associated with lower mortality and shorter hospital stay.

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Hospital Medicine Editor-in-Chief

Neil H. Winawer, MD, FHM
Neil H. Winawer, MD, FHM
Director, Hospital Medicine Unit, Grady Memorial Hospital, Atlanta

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