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August 2008

Cover Feature

Delivery (of a shock) in two minutes or less

Assessing and improving cardiac arrest response times

Delivery (of a shock) in two minutes or less 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.

Letter from the Editor

Write to the Editor

Letters to the Editor

Deciding about CPR: Readers respond

In the News

Quality of health care affected by race and geography

Coding Corner

Billing in the ED and transitional care unitsBilling in the ED and transitional care units

 

 

 

Patient Safety

Wiping out fallsWiping out falls
Systemic interventions help reduce patient risk

 

 

Your Career

The hospitalist teacher
Bedside rounding combines medical education and patient care

Perspectives

Khat use in the U.S.
A public health perspective

Q&A

Researcher aims to assess beta-blocker use in patients with pacemakersResearcher aims to assess beta-blocker use in patients with pacemakers

 

 

 

Conference Coverage

Brazil’s first hospital medicine congress offers promise, challengesBrazil’s first hospital medicine congress offers promise, challenges

 

 

 

FDA Update

FDA UpdateWarnings on antipsychotics, becaplermin

 

 

 

Clinical Medicine

Expert analysis: Lewy body dementia

Test yourself: Sepsis

Research News

Journal watch

Recent studies of note

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