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January 2011
Featured Articles
Cover Story
Making nice
Hospitalists and PCPs work to improve communication
Most hospitalists have both good and bad stories about their interactions with outpatient physicians.
Your Practice
On the alert for a quiet killer
Improving the early diagnosis of sepsis
Patients developing sepsis may go undiagnosed because the early symptoms can be subtle or suggest other disorders.
M&M conferences get swept up in QI trend
M&M conferences now increasingly focus on the underlying causes of errors and what can be learned from them.
Q&A
When hospitalists stay longer, patients leave sooner
Kenneth R. Epstein, FACP, discusses the effects of fragmented hospital care
A study indicates that fragmentation of care negatively affects length of stay. The lead author talks about his findings.
Success Story
Spreading the word about glucose control
SSM St. Mary's Health Center, a 525-bed teaching hospital in St. Louis, Mo., implements a comprehensive program to improve glucose control.
Mindful Medicine
When you look, but don't see the diagnosis
Gradual yet significant change in a woman’s appearance, first noticed by a daughter she hadn’t seen for a year, leads to the diagnosis of a common yet frequently missed ailment.
Perspectives
Letter from the Editor
This issue includes stories on PCP-hospitalist relationships, morbidity and mortality conferences, sepsis, and more.
Clarification
A profile in our November 2010 Top Docs feature needs clarification.
Newman's Notions
The fantasy hospitalist league
What if there were a fantasy league for hospitalists?
Student Hospitalist
Rejection
It was another lonely Saturday night, with only a pint of Rocky Road to keep me company.
Your Practice
Coding Corner
Sepsis: SIRS due to an infection
The current definition of sepsis is not well known by most physicians. Many think a diagnosis requires positive blood cultures and is associated with an extremely grim prognosis, but this is no longer so.
Clinical Medicine
Test yourself: Sepsis
These cases and commentary, which address sepsis, are excerpted from ACP’s Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program (MKSAP15).
FDA Update
New injectable antibiotic approved, infusers recalled
Details on the approval of ceftaroline fosamil, and more.
Research News
Journal watch: Recent studies of note
Oral low-dose steroids for COPD exacerbations, and more.
In the News
Communicating cancer diagnoses, guidance on prescribing clopidogrel, and more.
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