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March 2010

Featured Articles

Cover story

Treating HCAP is not a snap

Pop quiz: Do you know the guidelines for treating health care-associated pneumonia? And is your clinical practice in accordance with those guidelines? If the answer to either of those questions is no, you’re not alone.

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Your practice

Act quickly and listen a lot

What to do when a patient wants to leave against medical advice.

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Q&A

There is a doctor in the ‘House’

Lisa Sanders, ACP Member, is a technical adviser on the T.V. show “House, M.D.”

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Internal Medicine 2010 preview

Practice airway access and PICC insertion at Internal Medicine 2010

New hands-on training opportunities are ideal for hospitalists.

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Physician profile

Award-winning physician was made for hospital medicine

Peter Nock, ACP Member, explains why hospital medicine is the perfect fit.

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Success story

System catches codes before they’re called

Mercy Hospital Anderson in Cincinnati used a scoring system to reduce the number of code blues called outside the ICU.

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Perspectives

Letter from the editor

When clinical guidelines aren’t followed, it’s tempting to think physicians either don’t know them, or lack easy protocols to observe them. In the case of health care-associated pneumonia, however, there may be more to the story.

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Letter to the editor

A reader responds to our cover story on bundled payments.

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Newman’s notions

The fascinating foxglove

We were rounding on the hospital service when one of our patients, already hypotensive, went into atrial fibrillation. The most appropriate drug wound up being one with a long and illustrious history.

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Student hospitalist

23 and thee

A medical student reflects on the implications of increased access to genetic information.

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Your Practice

Inpatient medication: Too much information, or not enough?

A recent study showed that many inpatients don’t know what medications they’re given in the hospital.

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Technology traps

Understanding and interpreting pulmonary artery catheter waveforms

To interpret the wedge tracing of a pulmonary artery catheter correctly, you need to understand your patient’s respiratory physiology.

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Coding Corner

Documenting and billing for critical care services

To avoid rejection of critical care codes, physicians must be familiar with coding definitions, and documentation must reflect the professional services that support the codes.

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Your Career

Pulse On™ Cincinnati, Ohio

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Pulse On™ Eugene, Ore.

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Clinical Medicine

Test yourself

Pneumonia

The following cases and commentary, which address pneumonia, are excerpted from ACP’s Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program (MKSAP14).

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FDA update

Major recall of Tylenol and other McNeil products; concerns about BPA in infants, kids

Drug recalls, warnings, approvals

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Research news

Journal watch

Recent studies of note.

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In the news

Heart failure readmissions, and more.

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ACP Hospitalist Weekly

From the September 1, 2010 edition

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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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Register Now For Your ACP Fall Chapter Meeting

Register Now For Your ACP Fall Chapter Meeting

Attend your fall chapter meeting, earn CME credit, and find out what your local ACP Chapter has to offer! See the Chapter calendar or find out more, including the answers to frequently asked questions about ACP Chapters and regions.

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Test Your Medical Knowledge on Your Mobile Device with ACP’s Doctor's Dilemma™ Game!

This new online game is based on the popular ACP Doctor's Dilemma™ Competition from ACP’s annual Internal Medicine meetings. The game is simple to play but challenging to master. Start now!