SM
August 2008
Cover Feature
Delivery (of a shock) in two minutes or less
Assessing and improving cardiac arrest response times
Recent research has found that hospitalized patients with ventricular fibrillation or ventricular tachycardia don't always receive defibrillation within the recommended window, and that the delay has a detrimental effect on outcomes and survival. Cardiologists and other experts trying to improve these times say that hospitalists are in the perfect spot to take charge of the problem and lead improvement efforts.
August '08
Letter from the Editor
August '08
Letters to the Editor
Deciding about CPR: Readers respond
August '08
Write to the Editor
August '08
In the News
Quality of health care affected by race and geography
August '08
Coding Corner
Billing in the ED and transitional care units
August '08
Patient Safety
Wiping out falls
Systemic interventions help reduce patient risk
August '08
Your Career
The hospitalist teacher
Bedside rounding combines medical education and patient care
August '08
Perspectives
Khat use in the U.S.
A public health perspective
August '08
Q&A
Researcher aims to assess beta-blocker use in patients with pacemakers
August '08
Conference Coverage
Brazil’s first hospital medicine congress offers promise, challenges
August '08
FDA Update
Warnings on antipsychotics, becaplermin
August '08
Clinical Medicine
Expert analysis: Lewy body dementia
August '08
Test yourself: Sepsis
August '08
Research News
Journal watch
Recent studies of note
August '08
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