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July 2010
Featured Articles
Cover story
Those pesky platelets
An expert hematologist explains how to recognize and treat heparin-induced thrombocytopenia, idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura and thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura.
Internal Medicine 2010
VTE update covers new drugs, recommendations
Alternatives to warfarin will be available soon.
For diagnosing withdrawal, the eyes have it
Recognizing and treating opioid dependence inside the hospital, and beyond.
How to treat a double whammy
What to do when patients present with acute coronary syndrome and gastrointestinal bleeding.
International medical graduates get acculturation advice from a veteran
American slang is only one of many obstacles facing a new IMG.
Q&A: Phillip H. Factor, MD
ICU patients need to be seen as well as heard
Determining the floor plan of a hospital is usually the responsibility of an architect, but a recent study shows doctors should care about design, too.
Success story
Stickers, candy help reduce drug errors
Auckland City Hospital in New Zealand reduced medication errors due to inaccurate recording of patients' medications.
Perspectives
Letter from the editor
This issue features our coverage from Internal Medicine 2010, including stories on thrombocytopenia, concurrent GI bleeding and acute coronary syndrome, managing patients in opioid withdrawal, and more.
Newman's notions
Hospital medicine in Portugal
Our editorial advisor reports from the 16th National Portuguese Congress of Internal Medicine.
Student hospitalist
Medical quality: What's it all mean?
As medical students, we've heard the phrase “medical quality” thrown around quite a bit. It's reasonable to wonder what all the fuss is about, and how it applies at this stage in a physician's career.
Your Practice
Technology traps
Cardiac telemetry monitoring
Our columnist discusses “alarm fatigue.”
Clinical Medicine
Test yourself
Thrombocytopenia
This case and commentary, which address thrombocytopenia, are excerpted from ACP's Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program (MKSAP15).
FDA update
Defibrillator recall expanded
Drug recalls, warnings, approvals
Research news
Journal watch
Recent studies of note.
In the news
Guidelines on red blood cell transfusion, and more.
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