Physician orders for life-sustaining treatment (POLST) forms are crucial tools in ensuring that patient treatment preferences ...

Physician orders for life-sustaining treatment (POLST) forms are crucial tools in ensuring that patient treatment preferences are respected and followed, particularly during medical emergencies. As ...

A major challenge for leaders of hospital medicine programs is determining appropriate staffing levels. Specifically, every hospitalist leader must answer the following question: What is the correct ...

I pose here a list of questions to consider before embarking on the creation of a new specialty in hospital medicine 1) What distinguishes the body of knowledge of hospital medicine from internal ...

A year later in April 2021, the Journal of Hospital Medicine published an article titled Advancing Diversity, Equity, and ...

Mr. Gegg-Mitchell Clinical question: What is the safety and efficacy of early compared with later initiation of direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) in patients with atrial fibrillation and ...

Ms. Jang Clinical question: Do patients with acute intermediate-high-risk pulmonary embolism (PE) benefit more in terms of cardiac function from reperfusion therapy with conventional ...

Ms. Parikh Clinical question: What are expert recommendations for the use of opioids for adults with pain from cancer? Background: Pain is a common consequence of cancer and cancer treatment.

Ms. Thuy Dam Clinical question: Does the administration of lactated ringers (LR) in the first 24 hours of admission reduce the risk of more severe forms of acute pancreatitis compared to normal ...

Ms. Boyle Clinical question: Which risk factors predict new-onset respiratory failure during terlipressin use for the treatment of patients with rapidly deteriorating kidney function attributed ...

Clinical question: Should angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEi) or angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) be discontinued or continued in advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD) ...