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September 2011
Featured Articles
Cover Story
Rebuilding from ruin
Training, teamwork and system support help restore Joplin, Mo. hospital after tornado
Hospitalists and others at St. John's Regional Medical Center and the surrounding community worked together to recover from catastrophe.
Disaster Response
Japanese physicians still treating tsunami victims
PTSD, exposure to toxic substances are longer-term concerns
Many months after a devastating earthquake and tsunami, Japanese physicians deal with the continuing effects of the disaster.
Your Practice
Break the fracture cycle
Should hospitalists take on osteoporosis?
Experts discuss how osteoporosis treatment rates can be raised from appalling to acceptable.
Success Story
Yet another use for duct tape
“Red box” isolation pilot reduces costs, saves time
Trinity Medical Center in Illinois saved over $110,000 in personal protective equipment costs.
Q&A: Leora I. Horwitz, ACP Member
Not just another satisfaction survey
Dissatisfaction analysis highlights areas for improvement
A survey asks patients what they didn't like about their hospital stays, and gets some interesting answers.
Special Focus
Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa
What the hospitalist needs to know about CPT 269.9, or nutritional insufficiency
This in-depth article covers epidemiology, medical pathology, and the role of an inpatient pathway to treat nutritional insufficiency.
Perspectives
Letter from the Editor
This issue's main topics include disaster response, osteoporosis, and nutritional insufficiency.
Newman's Notions: Top 10 reasons not to discharge your patient
Our editorial advisor examines length of stay.
From the Blog: Useless charts and fresh eyes in handoffs
The medical record is not all that helpful when you don't know a patient and have to make a quick, on-the-spot decision.
Your Practice
Coding Corner
Correct classification of chronic kidney disease
As the U.S. population ages, chronic kidney disease is becoming more and more prevalent.
Clinical Medicine
Test Yourself
MKSAP quiz on osteoporosis
These cases and commentary, which address osteoporosis, are excerpted from ACP's Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program (MKSAP15).
FDA Update
Rivaroxaban approved, warning issued on pioglitazone
Details on approval of rivaroxaban, a warning about pioglitazone and bladder cancer, and more.
Research Update
Recent Research
Reducing pain of propofol injections, high-dose clopidogrel after PCI, and more.
In the News
Alzheimer's guidelines, opioid education, and more.
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Cartoon Caption Contest
This issue's winning cartoon caption was submitted by Bridget M. McCandless, MD, FACP, from Kansas City, Mo. Thanks to all who voted!
"I didn't think this is what you meant by balloon angioplasty."
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