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June 2011
Featured Articles
Cover Story
No halfway measures
Partial DNRs cause problems for physicians, patients
Partial DNRs may be attractive to patients, but they may cause more problems than they solve.
Internal Medicine 2011: San Diego
Antimicrobials: New drugs, new resistance
Expert details the drugs that best fight the most common bugs
Ten years ago, infection control was the biggest trend in tackling hospital-based infectious diseases. Now the new hot area is antibiotic stewardship.
When it's not a fever
ID specialist describes other causes of elevated temperature
When you see a patient with a temperature of 101, what do you note in the chart? Probably, “fever,” right? Maybe not.
Testing the tests
Effectiveness of labs and imaging in ICU diagnosis
An expert gives advice on which tests may be most helpful in diagnosing intensive care patients.
For new hospitalists, the right job means the right mix
Practice size, service time and vacation are top considerations.
Getting under the skin
History, physical exam important in acute dermatology diagnosis
Hospitalists can help diagnose the underlying cause of skin problems by taking a careful history.
Recognizing, preventing and treating delirium
Common condition increases length of stay, mortality
A large proportion of inpatients have delirium, but in most, it goes unrecognized.
Success Story
Observation moves faster with dedicated hospitalists
Clinicians at University Hospital in San Antonio, Texas, opened a Clinical Decision Unit to improve care efficiency for observation patients.
Q&A: Robert Wise, MD
Stay alert to patients' suicide risk
Joint Commission expert discusses suicide on medical units
A recent Sentinel Event Alert aims to reduce suicide risk in hospitalized patients.
Perspectives
Letter from the Editor
This issue discusses partial DNRs and includes extensive coverage from Internal Medicine 2011, held this April in San Diego.
Newman's Notions: Dressed to kill
A doctor's elegant attire causes trouble in more ways than one.
Sleepless in the hospital: Our own default
Patients should not be disturbed in the middle of the night unless it is medically necessary.
Your Practice
Coding corner
New subsequent observation codes
Three new CPT codes have been developed to address longer-stay observation care.
Clinical Medicine
Test Yourself
MKSAP quiz on dermatology
These cases and commentary, which address dermatology, are excerpted from ACP's Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program (MKSAP15).
FDA Update
New gadolinium contrast agent approved
Details on approval of a new gadolinium contrast agent, a recall of certain infusion agents, and more.
Research Update
Recent Research
Gait speed and cardiac surgery outcomes, bloodstream infection surveillance, and more.
In the News
Antiviral agents for influenza, prognostic scores and stroke, and more.
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