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Improving Inpatient Sleep Through Better Ward Environments
Sleep is a clinical resource, not a luxury added after treatment is complete. In hospital, unfamiliar surroundings, pain, alarms, overnight observations and…
Hospitalist Compensation Models in 2017: What Was Revealed in Las Vegas
At Hospital Medicine 2017, held from 1–4 May 2017 at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, compensation sat within a larger conversation about the…
How To Teach Medical Students On Quick Rounds Without Slowing Down
Teaching at the bedside is one of the most valuable parts of clinical training, yet a busy ward round leaves little room for lengthy explanations. The…
Practical management of non-nutritive sweeteners in hospital diets
Hospital diets increasingly include non-nutritive sweeteners (NNS), also called intense or low-calorie sweeteners. They appear in diet soft drinks,…
Applying the 2017 AHA hypertension guidelines in acute care practice
The 2017 American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association hypertension guidelines redefined how clinicians approach elevated blood pressure,…
Curbing C. difficile in Australian hospitals: lessons from HM17
Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) remains one of the most stubborn healthcare-associated infections in Australian acute care. At the Hospital Medicine…
Inpatient Evaluation of Syncope: Risk Stratification Updates From May 2017
Syncope is a brief loss of consciousness caused by transient global cerebral hypoperfusion, followed by spontaneous recovery. Although many episodes are benign…
Strategies for Safe Care Transitions When Health Literacy Is Limited
Hospital Medicine 2017, hosted by the Society of Hospital Medicine at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas from May 1–4, 2017, drew clinicians from…
How to Lead a Weekly Interdisciplinary Board Round: Lessons from HM17
Hospitalists across Australia are being asked to coordinate more complex inpatient care with the same bed base and fewer handovers than a decade ago. Weekly…
Building a Protocol for Rapidly Escalating Oxygen Needs
A patient whose oxygen requirement rises on a general ward can deteriorate within minutes. A change from room air to low-flow oxygen may become a need for a…
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