Calendar of upcoming medical events.

Calendar of upcoming medical events.

Citations for five articles of interest to hospitalists....

Citation with link to a drug review of telavancin.

Currently, more than 30 million noncardiac surgeries are performed in the United States each year. Perioperative cardiac complications are a major cause of morbidity and death in these patients, prolonging hospitalizations ...

A 62 year old female was admitted to the hospital for elective, two-stage spinal surgery. She had a history of type 2 diabetes mellitus, hypertension, anemia, subclinical hypothyroidism, mild mental retardation, Ogilvie's ...

Despite advancement of neurotechnology and neuroimaging, detailed history and examination remain the most important tools for diagnosis of unilateral headache and orbital pain. Headache is a common symptom among all age ...

The treatment of acute ischemic stroke is dependent on timely recognition. After ensuring airway, respiratory and circulatory stability, NIHSS should be performed and urgent CT scan obtained. If no exclusions exist, ...

, and (4) telephone call follow-up for 30 days post hospital discharge. The intervention group had a 30-day readmission rate of 8.3% (2/24) compared to 36.8% (7/19) in the usual group. The results indicated a significant decrease in the 30-day readmission...