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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.
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
Wiping out fallsYour 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 
Brazil’s first hospital medicine 
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From the September 1, 2010 edition
- Statin prescriptions at discharge increasing in patients with intracerebral hemorrhage
- Black and low-income patients more likely to leave hospital against medical advice, be readmitted
Cartoon Caption Contest
This issue's winning cartoon caption was submitted by Patricia J. Peterson, FACP, in practice in Longview, Wash., who will receive a $50 gift certificate good toward any ACP product, program or service. Thanks to all who voted!
"Did you say you were a little horse? Or a little hoarse?"
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