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Reviews

Reducing Unnecessary Urine Cultures: Lessons From HM17
Urine cultures are among the most frequently ordered microbiology tests in hospital care, yet a positive result does not automatically indicate a urinary tract…
Inpatient sickle cell crisis management: HM17 lessons for Australia
Hospital Medicine 2017, held from 1 to 4 May at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, brought hospitalists together around research, ward practice and…
A nurse-led discharge teach-back program: conference lessons
Hospital discharge is a high-risk transition. Patients leave the ward carrying new medications, wound care instructions, follow-up appointments, and warning…
Building a Successful Hospitalist Research Program After HM17
A productive hospitalist research programme needs more than a list of interesting clinical questions. It requires a reliable way to identify problems, protect…
Oral HIV PrEP: hospitalist-led inpatient initiation after HM17
Hospital Medicine 2017, organised by the Society of Hospital Medicine, ran from 1–4 May at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas. Its programme brought…
Coding Adult Malnutrition in Hospitals: HM17 Documentation Pearls
Malnutrition in hospitalised adults is far more common than many clinicians realise, and its documentation shapes casemix funding and continuity of care. The…
Lessons on inpatient hyperkalemia from the 2017 hospital meeting
The plenary halls at Mandalay Bay in May 2017 framed hyperkalemia as more than an electrolyte blip; presenters argued it was a marker of complex comorbidity…
SMART Goals for Hospitalist Quality Improvement Projects
Hospitalists rarely suffer from a shortage of ideas. The harder problem is converting an idea about better discharge summaries, fewer central line infections,…
Safe De-escalation Skills for the Agitated Patient: Lessons from HM17
Hospital corridors in Sydney, Melbourne and Perth are growing busier each year, and the people who arrive in distress are no longer only those with a primary…
Moving Ventilated Patients Safely From Bedside to Recovery
Early mobility for people receiving mechanical ventilation was once treated as an ambitious intensive care aspiration. By the time of Hospital Medicine 2017,…
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