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A hospitalist in Northwest Arkansas opining on clinical topics, the interface between medicine and politics and whatever else grabs my attention.
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Author: R. W. Donnell

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More info on recognition of focused practice in hospital medicine

Dec 10, 2009
From Hospitalist News. New and of interest from this article: The ABFM is now also offering a hospital medicine path for maintenance of certification, so that now both internists and family practitioners can earn recognition of focused practice in...

More on accountability versus "no blame"

Dec 10, 2009
Bob Wachter was interviewed on this topic by Today's Hospitalist. I agree with all the particulars of Bob's recommendations although, as I said before, I think “no blame versus accountability” is a false dichotomy.

Thrombocytopenia post cardiac surgery

Dec 9, 2009
---is very common and frequently leads the clinician to worry “Is it HIT?” According to a paper in the Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis the timing of the thrombocytopenia is highly predictive: The high frequency of thrombocytopenia in...

Tygecycline for CAP?

Dec 9, 2009
It's approved for this indication in the U.S. and may be an appealing choice if MRSA is a consideration, but new concerns have arisen.

Uric acid a powerful prognostic indicator

Dec 9, 2009
---in patients who come to the hospital with acute dyspnea. Via Green Journal.


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