February 3, 2010 | ACP Hospitalist Weekly

Intensive insulin therapy doesn't improve outcomes in septic shock treated with hydrocortisone

Intensive insulin therapy doesn't improve outcomes in septic shock treated with hydrocortisone Procalcitonin strategy reduces antibiotic exposure for ICU patients

Procalcitonin strategy reduces antibiotic exposure for ICU patients

NSAID does not reduce post-surgical pericardial effusion

Perioperative care

NSAID does not reduce post-surgical pericardial effusion

Higher copayments lead to more hospitalizations United and Aetna to continue paying consultation codes

Health care coverage

Higher copayments lead to more hospitalizations

Nipro syringes and needle sets recalledSibutramine contraindicated in patients with CVD

United and Aetna to continue paying consultation codes

Editors call for papers on ‘healing Haiti’

FDA update

Nipro syringes and needle sets recalled

Propose workshops for future meetings of Internal Medicine

Sibutramine contraindicated in patients with CVD

And the winner is …

From Annals of Internal Medicine

Editors call for papers on ‘healing Haiti’

Annals of Internal Medicine's editors have issued a call for papers addressing Haiti's recovery after the recent earthquake, the journal announced last week.

From the College

Propose workshops for future meetings of Internal Medicine

The Clinical Skills Subcommittee (CSSC) is now accepting proposals for Internal Medicine 2011, April 7-9, 2011.

Cartoon caption contest

And the winner is …

ACP HospitalistWeekly has compiled the results from its latest cartoon contest, where readers are invited to match wits against their peers to provide the most original and amusing caption.