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Apixaban noninferior to conventional therapy for acute VTE, study indicates

Fixed-dose treatment with apixaban was noninferior to conventional therapy for acute venous thromboembolism (VTE) and appeared to be associated with significantly less bleeding, according to a new industry-funded study.

Low-risk patients may not need vital signs checked so often, study suggests

Clinicians may be able to reduce the frequency of vital sign checks at night for low-risk inpatients without compromising quality of care, a study suggests.

Rectal NSAIDs beat PD stents to prevent post-ERCP pancreatitis

Rectal administration of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) is superior to pancreatic duct (PD) stents in preventing pancreatitis after endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ECRP), a meta-analysis found.

New models predict risk of readmission after PCI

Researchers have developed two models to predict patients' risk of readmission within 30 days of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).

Who's tops at your hospital? Let us know this month!

ACP Hospitalist is seeking candidates for its sixth annual Top Hospitalists issue in November, which will feature the best and brightest in hospital medicine.

The July issue of ACP Internist is online.

The next issue of ACP Internist is online and includes stories on how to succeed in an ACO, and what physicians need to know about the Physician Payments Sunshine Act.

Put words in our mouth

ACP HospitalistWeekly wants readers to create captions for our new cartoon and help choose the winner. Pen the winning caption and win a $50 gift certificate good toward any ACP product, program or service.